Re: request for community college information

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

Hi Meg:

Yep, I'm here--I posted a message before seeing yours, Meg.

Howard

On Tue, 4 Feb 1997 mcarroll@GROG.RIC.EDU wrote:

> D'Ann,
> 
> It might be good for you to talk to Howard Tinberg at Bristol Community
> College. I believe he uses both peer and faculty tutors. Are you out there
> Howard?
> 
> Meg Carroll
> mcarroll@grog.ric.edu
> 
> 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
> > 
> > 
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