Some common problems faced by administrators developing tutoring programs in postsecondary education institutions--development of program goals, how to select and train tutors, and evaluating and monitoring program effectiveness--are addressed in this booklet. In the first of four sections, eight articles address the purpose and design of various…

THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY CENTER PROGRAM HAS BEEN TO PROVIDE A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS MAY HAVE A QUIET PLACE TO STUDY AND WHERE THEY MAY RECEIVE HELP WITH THEIR SCHOOL WORK. SEVENTEEN CENTERS ARE IN OPERATION WITH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AGE TUTORS. THE COORDINATOR IN CHARGE AT EACH CENTER IS A TEACHER FROM THE SCHOOL WHERE IT IS LOCATED. EACH CENTER…

This report of the evaluation of the Office of Instructional Resources Teaching Center at the University of Florida describes an approach to the problem of assessing an instructional program developed for students who do not meet the admission requirements of the state university system. The program evaluation design not only provides a model to…

The program is designed to help provide the extra help with schoolwork that educationally and economically disadvantaged children need. The project has study centers in every low-income neighborhood in Sacramento, opened at the request of an organization or agency in the area, and staffed by volunteer tutors contribute one to two hours per week to…

Since its inception in 1963, the Homework Helper Program, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Act, has provided an effective vehicle for the challenging of traditional theory in regard to the tutoring of educationally retarded children. It began on the assumption that children in slum area schools could benefit from tutorial…