Tutoring Overview
Midwestern University offers student peer-to-peer tutoring services through the Office of Student Services. Tutoring is available during all academic years and is designed to help enhance test-taking skills, modify study habits, and/or focus on critical material and content. The peer-to-peer tutoring services that are provided must never take the place of class attendance, face-to-face meetings with faculty/course directors, or meetings with peer study groups. As part of the tutoring approval process, students who request tutoring services must regularly attend classes and meet with faculty prior to being approved for tutoring. Students who are approved to receive tutoring must come prepared to all tutoring sessions, i.e., coming to sessions prepared with specific questions, attend all sessions scheduled with the tutor, and be an active participant during the tutoring sessions. Tutoring sessions are not meant to be reiterations of the
Academic Difficulty
Any student who is in academic difficulty in a course will be given priority in the program. Academic difficulty is defined by the college, however, students typically need to be failing or near failing in order to be approved for tutoring. In CHS only, students who fail to achieve the required grade point average may also request tutoring assistance. Students participating in the program must understand that priority is given to students in academic difficulty. Students may not be eligible or may lose eligibility to receive a tutor if their test scores improve, in order to accommodate other students that are in more serious academic difficulty, or if the student fails to meet the requirement of attending