Get Academic Support

1. The Promise Connection Program

If you’re struggling with a course, let us know. We’ll connect you with a peer scholar who has already succeeded in the course and can offer guidance and support. Don’t wait until it’s too late – contact us early for help. If we are unable to find a scholar to connect you to, we do our best to connect you with an on-campus contact or resource.

University of Connecticut

• UConn encourages scholars to sign up for UConn Connects, a program that provides you the opportunity to meet weekly with a faculty, staff, or undergraduate peer mentor. These one-on-one meetings will help you make the necessary changes and stay on track to produce a positive result during your next semester. Mentors are knowledgeable about important university resources and are trained to assist you in developing effective strategies for success.
• Center for Access and Postsecondary Success (CAPS): CAPS is offered at all UConn campuses and continues throughout a student’s college career by providing tutoring, advising, and mentoring resources in support of student success. To find the CAPS contacts at your campus, click here.
• Drop In Couching: designed to support students in developing skills, behaviors and habits tailored to their personal style that will contribute to their continued success in college. Their trained, undergraduate peer coaches provide 1-1 strategic academic support in areas like attention management, stress management etc. No appointment necessary! See here for your campus’s hours of operation.
• The UConn Hartford Campus has a Biology Tutoring Center (the “B” Center) that provides free peer tutoring for life science courses listed under BIOL, EEB, MCB, and PNB.
• Your mental health is just as important as your grades. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, we can discuss strategies and connect you with UConn Student Health and Wellness.

Central Connecticut State University

• The CCSU Learning Center, located in Willard- DiLoreto Hall, Room D316, provides academic coaching, tutoring, Math Placement Testing, and Academic Probation Intervention services.
• Academic Coaching: Provide students with new study strategies, better organization and time management skills, general moral support, and create a supportive learning environment in which students are held accountable for their own success. Students meet with a coach on a one-on-one basis, setting short- and long-term goals, while developing the skills needed to achieve those goals. Schedule your appointments with an academic coach here.
• Success Matters: This program identifies students who are struggling during the semester so as to intervene early. Student Affairs will reach out to students regarding personal issues that they may be experiencing that are impacting their academics. Student Affairs will meet with these students and work with them and get them connected with campus resources that will aid in their success.
• Your mental health is just as important as your grades. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, we can discuss strategies and connect you with CCSU Counseling Services.

Western Connecticut State University

• WCSU offers a variety of resources through the Tutoring, Academic Support, and Library Services, such as Math Clinic, Tutoring Resource Center and Writing Center etc.
• University Advisement Center supports students in their academic journey by offering guidance on major requirements, assisting with course selection each semester, and providing information on university policies and procedures.
• Academic Resource Mentors (ARM) are peer students whose goal is to help you find the information, locate the resources, and connect you to people who can help you in your academic endeavors. Each residential hall has at least one ARM.
• Your mental health is just as important as your grades. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, we can discuss strategies and connect you with WCSU Counseling Services.

Quinnipiac University

• Quinnipiac University has a Learning Commons located in the north wing of the Arnold Bernhard Library. It offers a wealth of academic support services that cater to the diverse needs of all students, including Peer Academic Support, Academic Coaching, Academic Development and Outreach etc.
• If you have a disability you would like to disclose, the Office for Student Accessibility will work with you to ensure you have equal access to educational opportunity. We’ll also put you in touch with the academic resources you need to succeed, including helping you create a personalized improvement plan.
• Your mental health is just as important as your grades. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, we can discuss strategies and connect you with Quinnipiac Counseling and Mental Health Services.

University of New Haven

• University of New Haven has an Academic Advising Center, a Center For Learning Resources and First Year Transition Programs to help you succeed.
• Accessibility Resources: If you are a student with a chronic medical condition, military service-related disorder or other disability, you may benefit from the support and services of The Accessibility Resources Center (ARC). Enrolled students who previously held an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) or 504 Educational Plan, who would like to continue with reasonable accommodations at the University of New Haven, must request the accommodations through the Accessibility Resources Center.
• Your mental health is just as important as your grades. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, we can discuss strategies and connect you with the University Of New Haven Counseling Support.

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