Re: request for community college information

[nleech@sunyrockland.edu]

In response to D'Ann George's question about who would tutor in a 
community college writing center if faculty did not, I feel the need to 
speak up for the effectiveness of student tutors in a two-year setting.  
We recruit about forty brand new freshman from our honors program each 
fall to be our tutors.  Granted, they need a lot of guidance and support, 
but they can relate to students in ways that faculty cannot, and within a 
semester, they function very wonderfully on their own, for the most part.