Article from New York Times Dec 16, 2012

Some Tutors are Sholdering a Wider Load
By Abby Ellin

Large tutoring centers are helping student in college who start to feel overwhelmed.  The example was about a Austin Learning Center where a tutor spent 30 hours helping the client become more comfortable in her new life.  Tutors are being hired to just be "general life support".  Now this only happens in households where money is not an issue.

Now tutors are become more that helpers for academics.  They are becoming:

• counselors
• mentors and personal cheerleaders
• and a liaison between student, the college and parents.

Another client spook about his tutor as a therapist and a personal assistant.

"The tutor is not just a tutor anymore" said Dr. Sanki Ayaz from the National Tutoring Association in Lakeland, FL."  They find themselves certifying tutors as academic coaches.  The tutoring industry is now a $50 billion industry.