Notes that the effectiveness of tutoring as an intervention is controversial. Reviews research on college tutoring practices. Concludes that existing research provides some support for tutoring but does not address the issue of whether tutored students are eventually able to perform as independent learners. (RS)

Describes the battle of one English professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville against the special academic help provided to athletes at that institution. Notes a possible investigation by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, media attention, and the professor's proposal that all academic tutoring be overseen by an academic…

Teacher trainees at West Chester University tutor minority children as a means of preparing for diverse classrooms. Student journals document their growing cultural sensitivity, decreasing fears, and increased understanding of their own racial identity. (SK)

Evaluation of a distance learning nursing program that used problem-based learning tutorials shows it resulted in both student achievement and enjoyment. Results demonstrated the importance of well-written and accessible learning materials, realistic goals, and allowance for the learning curve of tutors. (SK)

Describes the training program for new tutors which is employed by the Student Learning Center at the University of California at Berkeley. (DD)

Describes the development of a writing program that offers diverse sources of instruction beyond the English department. (AEA)

Notes the benefits of effective tutoring programs. Discusses the role of the tutor as coach, as commentator, and as counselor. (RL)

Studied the effects of training in learning style preferences on the ability of tutors to select appropriate learning strategies for student with disabilities. Findings for 68 tutors show that tutors were more successful in creating individualized strategy plans for students after training with the learning style chart. (SLD)

Provides brief descriptions of interactive tutorial and simulation programs for reading, writing, and mathematics; and of drill-and-practice courseware packages. (DMM)

Describes how a college tutoring program uses a strategy called TEST, which takes the ideas behind effective reading and learning and applies them to interactions between the student, the tutor, and the subject. (SR)

Raises the complementary issues of faculty/tutor collaboration and tutor-writing confidentiality at writing centers by relating a serious dilemma involving a student's blatant attempt at plagiarism of an online text. Raises concerns regarding conflicting roles of the writing center in upholding itself as a safe place for students and/or as a place…

The results of college-level tutoring programs are best described as mixed. The present study was designed as an attempt to quantify the effects of being tutored at the college level. A pretest-posttest design involving the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory was used. Results support the use of tutoring. (EMK)

Describes how in the implementation of the Humanities Out There (HOT) program, two consecutive modules focused on "border" in a range of senses--national, ethnic, linguistic, literary, and even interpersonal. Discusses how the worth of this program has opened a field of communication with potentially long-term benefits for an educational community…