Hiring candidates with strong academic results may seem like the best way to recruit tutors. But this does not always mean they will have the right attributes to support student learning. In this ...

Getting tutoring at Arkansas State University has long been easy. A student could just walk into a campus tutoring center and get help from a tutor, on demand—for free. But in practice, that approach ...

Nikita Dutt, a second-year student at the University of California, Davis, didn’t come to college to work with young children. But since September, she’s spent a couple of hours per day as a tutor ...

Jaclyn Wells, Ph.D., director of the UWC, recruits tutors who make people feel comfortable when sharing their writing. The tutors can assist before a draft is composed, such as providing help in ...

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