Tutoring Overview
Midwestern University offers large and small group peer tutoring services for selected courses. Available tutoring is designed to help enhance test-taking skills, modify study habits, and/or focus on critical material and content. Peer tutoring services serve as an additional academic support and do not take the place of class attendance, face-to-face meetings with faculty/course directors, or meetings with peer study groups. Tutoring is an active learning process and students are expected to come prepared to all tutoring sessions. Tutoring sessions are not meant to be reiterations of the lectures but are interactive sessions on material with which the tutee is struggling.
Request a Tutor
A student can initiate a request for tutoring services through their online student portal in the MWU Tutoring Program under the Student Services tab. Students will click on the tutoring link and follow the prompts to request a tutor. Once the request is submitted, an email will be automatically sent to the Course Director, Academic Associate Dean, or Program Director for approval. Students will be notified via email of the decision. If approved, the student will be able to select a tutor from the drop-down menu in the MWU Tutoring Program portal for the class in which they need tutoring. Students who request tutoring services must regularly attend classes and meet with faculty prior to being approved for tutoring and while receiving tutoring.
Questions regarding tutoring services should be directed to:
- On the Downers Grove campus, IL tutoring@midwestern.edu
- On the Glendale campus, AZ tutoring@midwestern.edu
Tutoring Eligibility
Open (group) tutoring is often available for many courses for any student, regardless of academic standing. Senior Education Specialists are available to provide tutoring in basic science courses to at-risk students identified by their college/program.
Become a Tutor
A student can initiate an application to become a tutor through their online student portal in the MWU Tutoring Program under the Student Services tab. Once in the MWU Tutoring Program portal, a student selects the Offer to be a Tutor tab. Once the Offer to Tutor application is submitted, an email will automatically be sent to the student's Academic Associate Dean, Program Director, or Course Director for preliminary approval. Students will be notified via email of the decision. If preliminarily approved, an email will be sent to the student with onboarding instructions from Human Resources and directions to access a Tutor Training module on Canvas. In addition to onboarding by Human Resources, students preliminarily approved to tutor by their Course Director, Academic Associate Dean or Program Director must complete the virtual 30-minute Tutor Training through Canvas.
Following successful onboarding by Human Resources and completion of the Tutor Training module on Canvas, a student has final approval to begin to provide tutoring services only after the student receives the "You're Hired" email from Student Services.