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Early Insights from Knack’s Longitudinal Study: How Peer Tutoring Supports Confidence, Belonging, and Persistence

Higher education leaders know that peer tutoring can improve immediate academic outcomes. What is...

How Peer Tutoring and Artificial Intelligence Can Strengthen Academic Support in Higher Education

Across higher education, institutions are redesigning academic support to meet a new set of student...

Removing Barriers, Elevating Quality: Why Free Peer Tutor Training Matters More Than Ever

Across higher education, one truth is becoming harder to ignore: campuses need more academic...

Study Smarter, Not Harder: How to Get the Most Out of Peer Tutoring

Many students still think of tutoring as something you turn to only when you are falling behind or...

Strengthening the Nursing Pipeline Through Peer Support

As Florida faces a projected shortage of 60,000 nurses by 2035, higher education leaders are...

Empathy in Tutoring: Helping Tutors Connect and Respond to Tutees

Have you ever been tutoring at a session when your tutee says something you have no idea how to...

How Tutors Can Help Students Use AI to Study More Effectively

Artificial intelligence has quickly become part of how students learn, review, and prepare. As AI...

The Future of Academic Support Is Student-Owned

For decades, higher education has treated academic support as something to be delivered to...

How Peer Tutors Can Use AI to Prepare Without Losing the Human Heart of Learning

AI is changing how students study, work, and communicate. For peer tutors on college campuses, that...

“I Do – We Do – You Do”: A Simple Framework for Guiding Students Through Tough Problems

Have you ever finished a tutoring session and realized you did most of the talking? It’s something...

You Can’t Scale Student Support the Old Way

Across higher education, one theme has become impossible to ignore. Student needs are rising faster...

The Tailor & The Tutor: How to Make Each Session A Perfect Fit

Tutoring is a lot like tailoring a suit:Imagine the week before a big event (or a huge exam). You...