Re: tutor student ratios

[Charlotte Gale <c.gale@pcps.edu>]

At 10:20 AM 11/10/97 -0600, you wrote:
>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,

At the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science Writing Center, we have
17 part-time student tutors and 3 part-time ESL professionals serving about
1,900 undergraduate students.  Our staffing is larger than one would expect
because a good deal of our work involves helping students to pass our
Writing Proficiency Exam, a graduation requirement.

Charlotte Gale, Director
Writing Center
c.gale@pcps.edu





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>Anne
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>Anne Shaw
>Assitant to the Director
>George Mason University Writing Center
>Fairfax, VA
>ashaw@osf1.gmu.edu
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