Academic Writing and Learning Center

Faculty and Staff

Your partner in student success

"One of my favorite parts about tutoring has been the solidifying of fundamental concepts in my major."

UMD’s Tutoring Center is an award-winning, student-helping-student program.

Data from Tutoring Center surveys indicate both student users and tutors experienced heightened interest in their majors, improved scholarship, and increased overall satisfaction with UMD a result of their participation in tutoring.

A vast majority of tutors consistently report their tutoring experience fostered an increase in empathy, a greater sense of responsibility, and development of skills transferable to future employment situations.

Tutoring provides an additional interactive component to students’ academic experience. Tutors are trained academic coaches; they explain concepts and model techniques that support formal instruction with the goal of improving students’ grasp of the subject matter.

Did you know...?

Tutors are not paid.
Tutors receive academic credit for enrolling in the training course (SSP 3003) and completing a required number of tutoring-practicum hours per week.
Tutors do NOT do homework for students.
Tutors are trained to guide students to become independent learners.
Tutoring is not only for struggling students.
Nearly two-thirds (65%) of the students seeking tutoring at UMD's Tutoring Center last year reported a GPA of 3.0 or better.
Each department supported by tutoring sets their own specific criteria for their subject tutors.
Courses currently supported by tutoring

Departments supported by tutoring set specific criteria for tutors and supply the Tutoring Center with current textbooks. Please contact Jill Jenson if: