Tutors are valuable!

[Beverly Neu Menassa <menassa@kcmetro.cc.mo.us>]

I first want to extend thanks to Clinton and Suellen for providing me 
with information concerning tutor wages.

I am still curious how much other community colleges (any size) and 
universities pay student and professional tutors.  I continue to lose 
great tutors who really love the work but can't afford to tutor.  I 
fear a precedent has been set at our center (we've always paid low 
wages and provided quality service, so why incease wages now?). I am 
wanting to find a way to convince the administration that my staff is 
valuable.  I know if I could measure retention, I could get the 
administration to take notice; however, I haven't determined exactly 
how to do this.  In addition to presenting information about the 
number of students served, number of visits, time spent tutoring 
statistics, what else might I present to increase our worth (or should 
I say, the administration's perception of our overall value to the 
college)?  What a dilemma!  

Thanks in advance for the information.
Please respond off list about tutor hourly wages.  

Beverly Neu Menassa
menassa@kcmetro.cc.mo.us