I have worked at a few large research institutions and I can provide the following: 1. Rutgers University has learning resource centers that provide centralized tutoring at each of its 3 campuses (New Brunswick, Newark and Camden). The New Brunswick campus has a writing center and thus tutoring is partially decentralized. 2. Temple University has a math-science tutoring center and a separate writing center. Also some departments offer course content tutoring and some do not so it is mainly decentralized. 3. Drexel University has a Learning Center that provides tutoring for all courses except English Writing. The Writing Center does all writing tutoring so this is partially decentralized as well. Hope that helps. Rob Ciervo P.S. By the way I will be posting a job announcement soon as we will be looking for a full time learning specialist here. Robert L. Ciervo, Ph.D., Director Rutgers-Camden Learning Center Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Camden 231 Armitage Hall 311 N. Fifth Street Camden, NJ 08102 (856) 225-2722 (856) 225-6443 fax [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Open Forum for Learning Assistance Professionals [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of [log in to unmask] Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:49 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Centralized vs. Decentralized tutoring programs Hi all, I am trying to get some information and numbers for large research universities to determine whether the preferred model of tutoring is centralized with one department responsible for managing peer tutoring or decentralized with various academic departments managing their own tutoring. Thanks in advance, Roberta Schotka NADE'08 conference co-chair Head, Peer Tutoring Northeastern University Libraries, 242 SL (617) 373-2150 voice (617) 373-2529 fax [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web browser to http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web browser to http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask]