In British, Australian, New Zealand, Italian, and some Canadian universities, a tutor's often but not always a postgraduate student or a lecturer assigned to conduct a seminar for undergraduate students, often known as a tutorial. The equivalent of this kind of "tutor" in the United States of America (U.S.) and the rest of Canada's known as a teaching assistant. In the United States, the term tutor's generally associated with one who gives professional instruction in a given topic or field. Tu… (More on Tutor)