To become a tutor, one must be recommended by an instructor or a professor. Mr. Thomas McClure, Counselor of Office of Collegiate Support and Counseling, confidentially asks students who are being tutored about their grades before they begin tutoring, and he asks again after two months of being tutored. McClure also asks the students to estimate their grades concerning whether they have improved over the two month period. After two misses of scheduled tutoring, students are dismissed from the program. Approximately 250 to 300 students are enrolled in a peer tutoring program.
Some students drop classes and quit tutoring.
More studies should be done on the program to pin point the deficiencies in the program, and to see if improvements should be made. Some believe that the peer tutors will do their homework for them, or even write papers for them. When they realize the tutor will not do these things they quit the tutoring sessions. You should not be afraid to ask for help when you need it. Students interested in becoming a peer tutor or being tutored should go to the Collegiate Support and Counseling office on the first floor of Sullivan Hall.