Today the Praxis editorial team is pleased to announce the theme for a Guest-Edited Fall 2016 issue! The topic on which Praxis 14.1 will focus is one close to the hearts of the Praxis editorial team, and one we feel the journal is particularly well-suited to showcasing.

As the field of Writing Center Studies matures and the institutional settings in which the work is done slowly change, there seems to be a research hierarchy emerging - one in which quantitative research is valued over qualitative research. While institutional pressures and the desire to improve writing center efficacy feed into this phenomenon, it remains unclear what is driving the 'quantitative turn' in Writing Center Studies. It is also unclear what, if anything, is lost by it.