The Western College Reading and Learning Association (WCRLA) has been a lead organization in promoting a professional consciousness among teachers of remedial studies and managers of learning laboratories. Its members are also creating an academic discipline centering on the principles of instruction. The theories of this discipline have been adopted from psychology, centering on learning and motivation, and modified to reflect the belief that all sentient people can be taught. In the development of both the discipline and the profession, the WCRLA has and should continue to produce studies of the effects of its efforts, including measures both of short- and long-term retention and success, as well as current status studies, studies of program costs, and numbers enrolled. The discipline's progress depends on the constant effort to describe treatments and demonstrate effects. By using their own methodologies and publicizing their own findings, the WCRLA and its members will further the development of a unique discipline and enhance their standing as managers of learning. (Author/EJV)