As need arises, counselors provide referrals for study skills development, consult with professors, affirm the students potential, continue course content tutoring, and utilize appropriate campus resources to assist students in resolving conflicts and gain greater control of their time towards self management. Each semester students are recognized for academic achievement, improvements in performance and graduation. These combined factors promote persistence and retention of students at Wichita State University. This Component is designed to train tutors and provide quality tutoring. Tutors must have at least an overall 3.0 GPA, campus leadership involvement, empathy, and service orientation.
Tutors serve as role models for academic success.
The Program only employs peer tutors who are sensitive to the needs of the problems facing first generation, limited income college students. Intensive and on-going training through CESP 750E taught by the Program Director, assures that tutors are exposed to the latest methods of content instruction. Materials for the course are supplemented by the program produced Tutor Handbook, 7th revision. Additionally, tutors are kept abreast of new tutoring strategies through workshops by university faculty. Student success in tutored courses are computer tracked.