Abstract:

The academic tutor as a reference figure for those questions beyond the doubts of each subject, is raising special interest in public universities from the arrival of the plan Bologna. However, in the private university, this university figure occupies an outstanding place from their beginnings.
Spanish private universities in the 90's had to offer extra options that do not exist in the public university. One of them was the figure of the personal tutor. However, with the arrival of Bologna, this innovative approach, the figure of the teacher and the student closely linked, has become a general option in the Spanish higher education system.
From the knowledge of mentoring within a private university and similar figures in the public university, we have enough information to develop a comparative study and establish if the tutor, as it is conceived in the private sector, is possible in the public environment, from the point of view of technical, financial and human resources.
The findings lead us to determine limits and conditions for its implementation.

Keywords:

Mentoring, personalization, blended learning, Tutorial Action Plan.