About Academic Learning Center (ALC) Tutoring Services
The ALC offers small group tutoring for a nominal fee.
Tutor Groups are:
- Course specific
- Capped at five students per group
- Scheduled to meet twice per week for 90 minutes each meeting
- Held at the same time, in the same place, on the same days each week
- All tutor groups meet on the Lawrence campus
- Facilitated by peers who meet eligibility requirements and are formally trained as ALC tutors
- Formed based on student demand each fall and spring semester
Students:
- Request tutor groups online ALC Tutoring
- Are placed in tutor groups on a first come, first serve, by schedule basis
- Have a free trial period for attending the tutor group
- Agree to abide by the terms stated in the ALC Tutoring Services user agreement form
Tutors:
- Are undergraduate and graduate students
- Come recommended by at least two faculty/instructors
- Scored a B or higher in the course selected to tutor (or in a higher level course in the same discipline)
- Trained in a variety of learning preferences and equipped with a variety of tutoring strategies
- Formally evaluated each semester for their work as tutors
Financial Aid:
- Is available in the form of fee waivers to students who are eligible
- Eligibility for the fee waiver is based on information provided in the FAFSA
- Is awarded on a first come, first serve basis while funds are available
- Students may apply for a fee waiver during the online tutor group request process