Teaching English in the Two-Year College Mar 2025

Tutoring on Demand! Exploring the Creep of the Higher Education For-Profit Online Tutoring Landscape on College Campuses

Esther M. Gabay

Abstract

The article explores the prevalence of for-profit tutoring services contracted by four-year and two-year colleges and the perceptions writing center professionals have about for-profit tutoring services. Applying a grounded theory approach, the researchers found five main themes that emerged from an open-ended survey sent to writing studies and writing center listservs in fall 2022. The article concludes with suggestions modeled after not-for-profit tutoring initiatives such as the Western eTutoring Consortium.

Journal
Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Published
2025-03-01
DOI
10.58680/tetyc2025523311
Open Access
Closed
Topics
writing centers two-year college qualitative research multimodality place and space

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