<p>At my college it is against school policy for teachers to tutor students in any subject that they teach, but they still do it. One teacher charges students $30/hr for the time he spends helping them outside of class. For some reason the policy isn't enforced very well and teachers even have fliers up on the bulletin boards offering their services. Is this normal? Have you ever heard of a teacher charging students for help?</p>
<p>No. At my school, like every other school, professors generally hold “office hours.” If, for some reason, someone can’t make them, he/she can usually contact the professor to set up an appointment, at no additional fee…</p>
<p>These guys do have office hours. But some of them are charging students during their office hours.</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of instructor doing that before.
They either would usually offer office hours or even out of office hours, not charged. Or hold “official tutorials” which is a private class with an instructor where normal class credit is received and the student is billed the regular tuition price.</p>
<p>One of my teachers does this with my friend, but I think they set aside a good two hours and have it at the end of the day. He charges a low amount compared to what other tutors would charge. I think it’s reasonable. Teachers only get paid so much (too low!) and he IS setting aside his time. If the practice starts getting abused, say, charging for lunch hours or quick sessions right after school, then it’s a problem.</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of that. It doesn’t sound ethical. If I were a student, I’d be talking to the Student Government Association to see if they would help stop the practice.</p>
<p>I can understand professors not to be able to offer students 2-hour tutoring sessions, but they should be able to offer help during their office hours, and if that isn’t enough help, there should be a campus learning center where students can get free or low cost help.</p>
<p>Doesn’t happen at my school, but the professors are rumored to all make 6-figure salaries, so it’s not like they need extra cash.</p>
<p>It’s a conflict of interest and is at least unethical. The school should have sufficient tutoring services for common courses or should provide lists of tutors available for pay. I can see the benefits of using a professor as a tutor but I would want a professor that wasn’t teaching the course that I was taking.</p>
<p>Imagine that you’re running for Governor 15 years after you graduate and someone digs up the story that you paid one of your professors for tutoring - the guy that would give you your grade. The student and the professor should both realize that this is wrong.</p>
<p>Doesn’t your school have free student tutors?</p>
<p>i would have never survived without office hours. i practically lived at my professors offices.</p>
<p>Mhm, doesn’t sound right. Because then professors can purposely not explain a topic enough so that they get a lot of tutoring requests. Yeah, if your professor is requesting that you pay him for tutoring instead of free office hours, I would bring it up with someone of power at your college.</p>
<p>I haven’t seen that happen at my college. That would suck. What is your tuition money for then?</p>
<p>My school does have free tutoring. In fact, I’m a peer tutor. I also think it is unethical and a conflict of interest. I just didn’t know if it was something that happens everywhere or just here.</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of it and it shouldn’t happen anywhere.</p>