It started with the first grant in 1980. What happens is we get funding for X number of peer mentors, and we try to be as creative as possible because we like to cover a wide spectrum of majors. So if we already have two peer mentors for liberal arts and sciences, we are really looking diligently for peer mentors in engineering or business or in the College of Design. We need to get as many majors as we can to represent as most colleges as possible. It's also important that one of those mentors is a grad student who acts as a mentor to the non-traditional student.
Age is a factor.
We need to see that they are managing their own life first. And they need to really want to work with the students who are their peers. 1 is the students want tutoring. The fact is, it's illegal for us to just run a tutoring fund, but they want someone to help them with their classes. Secondly, they want a place to connect.