University Learning Support Services

University Learning Support Services offers numerous aids to successful learning.  The rationale of the department straight forward: professors teach, but it is each student’s responsibility to learn.  Obviously, the more proficient you are at learning the more successful you are academically.

Tutoring Center
Tutoring is offered by both peer and professional tutors.  Tutoring can assist you by enhancing your understanding in core courses.  Peer tutors can help you learn more since they have taken many of the same classes in which you are enrolled.

Professional tutors can assist you since they have earned their degrees in the subjects you are studying.  Both types of tutors are familiar with course requirements and professors’ expectations, so they can serve as guides on your road to success.

Academic Reading Program 

Since learning techniques used for high school work may not always be adequate for college, the goal of the Academic Reading Program is to develop the strategies essential for academic success.  These include assuming personal responsibility, implementing study skills and managing time effectively, as well as critically reading, writing, and thinking.

The Academic Reading Program accomplishes this by:

  • Helping students develop these techniques during sessions in the Academic Learning Commons/Tutoring Center;
  • Teaching Introduction to Liberal Studies, a course designed for at-risk freshman;
  • Conducting Study Skills workshops (i.e., note-taking, effective textbook reading);          
  • Conducting workshops for freshmen on academic probation;
  • Conducting New York Times Roundtable discussions in order to broaden students’ awareness of current events and issues;
  • Holding discussions regarding Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture (The late Randy Pausch was a popular professor at Carnegie Mellon University who delivered a very inspirational lecture on the best way to live one’s life, both inside and outside of college).

The ARP is dedicated to helping all students develop their academic skills and motivate them to achieve their full potential, and we are always seeking new ways to accomplish our goals.