Student Success

Students conducting a chemistry lab

Academic Supports

Project Status: Implementation/Execution

To provide academic support to students enrolled in courses with historically lower completion rates or courses considered to be large gateway STEM courses, the Office of Student Success and the Learning Center have collaborated to provide embedded academic support.  For the purposes of this pilot, embedded academic support utilizes peer tutors to deliver high-quality academic support to students.

Accomplished

  • Provided Math 111z embedded tutoring to 18 unique students 48 times (primarily through drop-in group study sessions).
  • Embedded tutors in 9 ECE courses
  • Embedded tutors in CS 161, 162 and 163
  • Embedded tutors in EAS 211 and 212
  • Embedded tutors in Gen Chem 221 and 222 (over 450 students enrolled).
  • Served 238 unique students 984 times through embedded tutoring
  • Facilitated winter tutor training for 20 Peer tutors.

In Progress

  • Continued partnership with Math faculty to Pilot Embedded Tutoring and Supplemental Instruction for Math 111z courses for AY 2024-25 (with SCIENCE Collaborative funds).
  • Continued partnership with ECE Department to recruit, hire and train Embedded tutors for 7 ECE courses spring term.
  • Reviewing and  analyzing data collected throughout the year with a focus on demographic data and fall to fall retention.
  • Hiring and training economics tutor for spring term.

Project Team

Team: Shoshana Zeisman-Pereyo and Crystal Tenty