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Jim Long
Tue, 12 Nov 2013 22:31:05 +0000

I wish I could have attended Dr. Treisman’s lecture. I suspect many disciplines, not just mathematics, can benefit from a more pro-active approach to bringing students and tutors together early in the education cycle. Unfortunately, funding is always an obstacle. The ASPCC’s innovative Peer Learning Grant program, for example, was recently discontinued. Although the PCC Learning Center staff does an excellent job with the resources they have (I spent most of my summer studying there!), the Peer Learning program was one of the few programs that funded student tutors in academic programs outside the usual science/writing/mathematics subjects normally found in PCC Learning Centers. Further, it utilized some of Dr. Treisman’s ideas, by coupling tutors to a specific instructor and course.

Coupling tutors with specific courses/classrooms, across more than just the STEM programs, can only increase the likelihood of student success at PCC. If the leadership of the college is serious about Dr. Treisman’s ideas, then they must commit to funding the programs that can make it happen, for students in any discipline.