<p>In relation to the time question: Don’t most professors have office hours? If a student presents the draft during office hours (and there aren’t others waiting to see the professor), how is it taking up the professor’s time? Aren’t office hours what these things are meant for?</p>
<p>Indeed, most schools do have writing labs. And they do help a lot of students. Aren’t there limitations, however, to how much writing labs can help? For example, if a student writes a paper on a specific book that the writing lab tutor has not read, it seems like there might be limits to how much the tutor can critique the paper. </p>
<p>Finally, a previous poster stated that, once in college, a student should be able to write his papers without such assistance. Many professors publish books every few years. Don’t they have other people–other professors, book editors, etc–to review their work before publication? I can’t imagine a book being published without oversight. Additionally, doctoral students are assigned advisors to review/edit their dissertations before publication.</p>