Re: tutor student ratios

["Clinton R. Gardner" <cgardner@englab.slcc.edu>]

At Salt Lake Community College we have 10 peer tutors to 20,000 
students (about 12,000 FTE).  We offer about 100 hours of tutoring 
per week.   Needless to say we are pounced on several times a quarter 
and there are students who cannot meet with a tutor when they want 
(which is sometimes the only time they have).

--clint gardner

> Date:          Mon, 10 Nov 1997 10:17:26 -0600
> Reply-to:      wcenter@ttacs6.ttu.edu
> From:          Anne E Shaw <ashaw@osf1.gmu.edu>
> To:            Multiple recipients of list <wcenter@ttacs6.ttu.edu>
> Subject:       tutor student ratios

> Hello Everyone!
> 	I've been list lurking for a while, but I did get the chance to
> meet a few of you at the conference in Kentucky.  Several times at the
> conference, I heard people give the ratio of Writing Center Tutors to
> students at their institutions, and I was struck by how understaffed we
> are by comparision (we have seven part-time tutors and two ESL specialists
> to serve 25,000 students).  Of course we knew we were understaffed, but we
> didn't know how we stacked up against other colleges and universities.
> Could people on this list please post their own ratios?  I'd like to see
> if we can make a case for a few more tutors!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Anne
> 
> Anne Shaw
> Assitant to the Director
> George Mason University Writing Center
> Fairfax, VA
> ashaw@osf1.gmu.edu
> 
> 
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Clinton Gardner (cgardner@englab.slcc.edu)
Writing Center Instructional Support Coordinator
Salt Lake Community College
Have you visited the SLCC Online Writing Center today?
http://www.slcc.edu/wc/
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