Academic tutors fall into three categories:

• Professional: Active/semi-retired teachers or professionals certified in the field they are to tutor, i.e., nurses, school teachers
• Graduate: Individuals who have a graduate/undergraduate degree but no work experience in the field they will be tutoring
• Peer: Students from Molloy who have taken and successfully completed the course in which they will be tutoring with a B+ or better

Tutors are paid according to category and experience. Determinations are made by the tutoring program coordinator. Qualified tutors may be referred by faculty or self-nominated.

Benefits

• Provides a source of income
• Reinforces one's own learning
• Enhances communication and social skills
• Develops diagnostic, planning, organizational and managerial skills
• Promotes learning strategies
• Bridges cultural gaps