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Please respond directly to [log in to unmask] <snip> I am writing you for some information which I could not find on the NADE web site (maybe it is there but I am not familiar with it enough yet). My college is considering combining it's math, english and writing learning centers into a single comprehensive center. We are also considering reorganizing the departments and creating a developmental studies department. In the math department we care deeply about our developmental students and want to see them succeed. Could you or someone in NADE please address these questions for me: 1) Does NADE have an official position statement or any feelings about whether it is better to have a combined center or separate centers. I will be honest and say currently our learning center is heavily used and since where the math department is located is far from the place where the proposed combined center would be we are concerned students will stop using it. But if there is evidence this does not happen we would like to see it 2) Does NADE have an official position statement or any feelings about whether developmental studies courses should be organized as their own department or be part of math, english, etc. 3) I noticed on your web site that you recently had a conference and at the conference was a session on "The developmental math home - developmental studies or math department" Looks like it was a panel discussion. I would love to contact some of the panel members to ask them the same quesitons. Is there any way I could get an e-mail address for one or more of these panel members (Barbara Jur, Irene Duranczyk, Kelly Goldnetz, Carolyn Haase, Frances Lichtman, Timothy Mc Kenna) I thank you in advance for any assistance you can give me. As I said above we are struggling with these issues and would like to know what you think. I have also sent this letter to some other members of NADE because I am sure you are very busy. But thank you again Sincerely, Pete Wildman [log in to unmask]