Around the World with U.S. Military Families and Tutor.com Announcing the Tutor.com Better Together Contest Will Big Data Increase Retention Rates? Libraries on the Edge MOOC Madness
 
Around the World with U.S. Military Families and Tutor.com

Around the World with U.S. Military Families and Tutor.com

Tweet This spring, Tutor.com teamed up with education partners in Europe and the U.S. to remind students that they have access to tutoring help.  From youth centers in Texas to Kinderfests in Germany, students in military families were prepared for the end of the year finals with the help of Tutor.com. Throughout their travels, Tutor.com [...]

Announcing the Tutor.com Better Together Contest

Announcing the Tutor.com Better Together Contest

Tweet We are excited to announce the launch of the Tutor.com Better Together Contest! Tutor.com has worked with libraries for more than ten years to create lifelong opportunities for patrons. During that time we’ve seen an increase in library innovation as they sought partnerships with schools, businesses, and local government agencies. We believe everyone benefits [...]

Will Big Data Increase Retention Rates?

Will Big Data Increase Retention Rates?

Tweet We’ve been making the rounds at tradeshows this month and the hot issue continues to be how to increase student retention and persistence.  Public, private, 2-year and 4-year colleges – everyone is facing this challenge. “Big Data” projects—a catch-all term for leveraging existing data to identify at-risk students and get them the support they [...]

Libraries on the Edge

Libraries on the Edge

Tweet We’ve known for a long time that libraries are much more than shelves of books. More than 100 million Americans walk into a public library every year to use public access computers and the Internet for help with job search resources, health information, government services and homework assistance.* New research from Pew Internet & [...]

MOOC Madness

MOOC Madness

Tweet We’re just weeks into 2013 and Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs continue to be the hot topic in higher education. A recent New York Times cover story follows the progress of Coursera, Udacity, Udemy and other institutions such as MIT and Harvard that are all spending money to offer free courses. While MOOCs [...]

Why we come to work

Why we come to work

24 August 2009

Tweet photo credit: ribosomis Every once in a while, we get a comment from a student or parent that really makes our day, and Friday was one of those days. We received the comment below in an email from the parent of one of the students who tried Tutor.com for the first time. Amanda M [...]

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How We Use the Library – August 14, 2009

14 August 2009

An "all tutor" edition recapping the many ways we've been using our public libraries

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How We Use the Library – August 7, 2009

07 August 2009

Advocating for public libraries is an important part of what we do at Tutor.com. In these difficult times, libraries have to spend their valuable resources demonstrating the value they bring to their communities. We want to help you get the word out. Here’s a special "all tutor" edition of how we've been using our public libraries!

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Books and Ice Cream–Our Two Favorites!

Books and Ice Cream–Our Two Favorites!

04 August 2009

Tutor.com creates our own literary/library themed ice cream flavors.

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Are libraries getting their fair share of stimulus funds?

03 August 2009

Tweet There’s good news and bad news for American libraries.  First, the good news: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) set aside $7.2 billion to expand broadband connectivity in libraries, schools, and other “anchor institutions” across the country.  This funding couldn’t have come at a better time.  In most communities, struggling public libraries are [...]

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Bone Marrow Transplant Patient Delivered Safely

30 July 2009

Tweet Last week we shared what our Senior VP of Corporate Development/General Counsel does in his spare time, and how he prepared for his latest Angel Flight. This week, Bart tells us how it went. This week’s Angel Flight was a wonderful experience. After much pre-flight planning and preparation I departed early in the morning [...]

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Don’t Wait…Get Resume Help Now!

30 July 2009

How our ProofPoint Real Time Writing Center helps job seekers in your community

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How We Use the Library – July 29, 2009

How We Use the Library – July 29, 2009

29 July 2009

We have been recapping the ways that Tutor.com employees and tutors benefit from our public libraries. See how we've used our libraries this week!

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Tutor.com Book Club: The City & The City

24 July 2009

Tweet Our monthly Book Club convened yesterday to discuss China Miéville’s new novel, The City & The City.  It’s a detective story set in Beszél and Ul Qoma, two fictional, Eastern European city-states that exist in the same physical space, but whose inhabitants are careful only to interact with their fellow citizens.  That means, for [...]

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It’s a bird … it’s a plane …it’s … Bart, from Tutor.com!

23 July 2009

What does Bart Epstein (SVP Corporate Development and Legal Counsel) do when not working at Tutor.com? He flies sick kids around the country for Angel Flight.

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How We Use the Library – July 20, 2009

How We Use the Library – July 20, 2009

20 July 2009

Tweet photo credit: calebdzahnd Advocating for public libraries is an important part of what we do at Tutor.com. In these difficult times, libraries have to spend their valuable resources demonstrating the value they bring to their communities.  We want to help you get the word out.  We have been recapping the ways that Tutor.com employees [...]

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Reconnecting at ALA

15 July 2009

Tweet As VP of Sales at Tutor.com, ALA is often about long days at the booth talking about our great services and meeting with clients and prospective clients. It is wonderful and fun and always rewarding. ALA though for me is also about reconnecting with dear old friends. Former colleagues and clients from years ago……catching [...]

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