Students should feel free to contact their mentors as frequently as necessary for advice, encouragement and support. Mentors do assume a pro-active role and become involved with their students when performance levels fail to meet minimum academic standards. Student Tutor Program Through the Office of Student Affairs, Touro University offers students peer tutoring services without charge. Students are eligible to apply to tutor a subject if they are approved by the chair of the department in which the course is taught. Students must be able to communicate effectively, have mastered the course material and be in good academic standing.
Tutors receive an hourly honorarium for their services.
Student tutors must have registered in the Office of Student Affairs to be eligible for reimbursement of services. Initially, students need not be in academic difficulty to request peer tutoring. Applications to tutor and requests for tutoring services are available in the Office of Student Affairs. Students requesting a tutor must be registered in the Office of Student Affairs in order to benefit from tutoring services. Student Council Student Council is the official voice for all students.