Re: Hourly rate info needed

[coogan@charlie.cns.iit.edu (Dave Coogan)]

Lauren,

Our rates are the same as yours, and we are also operating in an urban
university.

Dave Coogan
Illinois Institute of Technology

>Hi everybody--
>
>Sorry to bring this issue up _again_, but the dean here has
>finally presented me with the opportunity to make my case for raising
>tutors' hourly wages and, of course, I don't have the necessary
>statitistics (having ignored that thread when it came up a few months ago
>and not having internet access to look at previous wcenter discussions).
>
>What I need to know is:  how much do writing centers at other urban
>colleges and universities pay tutors with BA's/BS's, with MA's, and
>with those degrees and previous experience and/or training?
>
>We currently pay tutors with BA's/BS's $8/hour and MA's $11/hour, which is
>okay, but not very competitive or practical in New York City.  I'm
>especially interested in rates that are higher than these, so that I can
>draw to our campus some of the enormous teaching and tutoring talent that
>is floating around this city.
>
>If I could get this information by Friday morning I would be very, very
>grateful.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Lauren Fitzgerald
>Yeshiva College Writing Center
>New York, NY