Department of Academic Development Services
The Department of Academic Development Services helps students successfully adjust to college and cope effectively with academic and related non-academic challenges.
Services provided include the following:
Instruction
A three-credit course titled Critical Thinking and Reading and a one-credit course titled Career Planning are offered to first-year students. Faculty members also teach First Year Seminar.
Tutoring
Tutors review lecture notes, textbooks and other course materials; teach course-related vocabulary words; prepare students for completion of course assignments; and demonstrate the use of course-linked technologies. Tutoring is available for courses in most academic disciplines.
Counseling
Counselors provide developmental academic advisement as well as educational and career guidance. New students are interviewed and receive both an orientation and an academic plan. Counselors help students schedule and register for courses; monitor each student's academic performance; and provide students with information concerning academic policy, procedures and practices.
We encourage you to discuss personal problems with these counselors. All discussions are confidential. If necessary, students may be referred to one of the other student service offices for further assistance.
Grant Programs
Academic Development Services administers these grant programs:
- Student Support Services (SSS): Provides academic support services to low-income, first-generation college students or students with disabilities.
- Upward Bound-Fayette County/Greene County: Assists eligible ninth- to 12th-graders in completing a program of secondary education and to enter and succeed in post-secondary education.
Location
Department of Academic Development Services
Manderino Library
Fourth Floor
Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday; weekends and evenings by appointment
