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Should tutoring free?



Hoping to spark some more discussion and commentary from the gang.

Should tutoring be offered free of charge or not. There is a body of belief
that services such as this, (services that require effort on the part of the
"customer"), should not be offered free of charge or the service is
diminished. E.g. therapy; the patient is not as likely to take the
treatment as seriously if they get the service free, and hence the service
is potentially diminished.

One might argue that the institutions shouldn't provide free tutoring but
charge for it (so that the tutee takes it seriously). In fairness to the
financially challenged, the payment might be in a form other than money,
service to the institution for example.

Joel Rauber
Joel_Rauber@sdstate.edu