Re: request for community college information

[Howard Tinberg <htinberg@bristol.mass.edu>]

I direct a writing center staffed both by faculty and peer tutors.  I 
will say this:  I and a few hardy souls had to fight for this one.  Our 
grant specificied a faculty only arrangement.  But we felt that much was 
to be gained by a mixed model approach.  And I want to add this:  our 
peer tutors have been extraordinary, as writers and tutors (eventually 
transferring to colleges such as Brown, Holyoke, Smith, and Brandeis).  
If anyone wants to hear, I will provide lots of reasons why these 
students are invaluable in a two-year college setting.

Howard Tinberg

On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, D'Ann George wrote:

> 
> I direct a writing center at a community college where faculty are the 
> tutors.  While I believe that peer tutors are ideal in a setting where 
> you can find junior and seniors who have fulfilled writing requirements 
> and who have a fair amount of college-level writing experience under 
> their belts, I wonder who would tutor at community colleges if faculty 
> did not?  Students who were themselves taking their first writing 
> course?  Sophomores who had just passed their first writing course?
> 
> I'm more concerned about the DIS advantages, and even the potential 
> disaster of such an arrangement than I am about the advantages of 
> equal-status tutors.  
> 
> On Mon, 3 Feb 1997 KILBORNJ@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU wrote:
> 
> > One of my graduate student tutors is proposing that a community college with
> > faculty tutors initiate a peer tutoring program. Although the tutor has done a
> > lot of research (into programs and numbers and such), she's hoping to include
> > some voices from experienced community college people in her proposal.
> > Specifically, she'd like answers to the following questions:
> > 
> > 	1.  What are the benefits of peer tutoring vs. faculty/teacher 
> > 	    tutoring in a community college?
> > 
> > 	2.  What are the benefits of having a peer tutoring center devoted 
> > 	    solely to writing in a community college?
> > 
> > The student -- Jessica Lourey -- asks that you e-mail her directly at
> > lourej01@tigger.stcloud.msus.edu and that you respond by 2/14.
> > 
> > Thank you for helping Jessie if you can.
> > 
> > Judy Kilborn
> > in St. Cloud where people are donning shorts and short sleeves in the 20-degree
> > weather
> > 
> 
> D'Ann George
> Writing Program Director
> Essex Community College
> 7201 Rossville Boulevard
> Baltimore County, Maryland 21237-3899
> 
>