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...Incoming students are] sifting through a lot of information, but hopefully the message got out," says Brandon J. Hofmeister '99, the co-chair of Peer Relations/Date Rape Education. "It may not be perfect, but the information they get is helpful...
Money from the $25 million Annenberg Fund has allowed the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC) to lower its fees for peer tutoring and a popular reading course and to pay its student tutors more, changes administrators say may increase the number of students participating in the Bureau's programs...
According to Dr. Charles P. Ducey, director of the Bureau, peer tutors will now receive $10 an hour instead of $8. Students will pay $4 instead of $8 for an hour of tutoring, and participants will pay $25 for the reading course, which cost $75 before the changes...
...Peer tutoring "provides students with opportunities to compensate for differential levels of preparation for courses, to expand their knowledge base, and to ensure a solid grasp of course material through an individually adjusted learning pace," Ducey said...
Last year, the peer tutoring program, comprised of three specialized tracks, employed approximately 270 undergraduate tutors. Tutors log an average of 3,200 hours of work per year, Ducey said. He now anticipates a 25 percent increase in the demand for tutoring as a result of the price reduction...