Academic Support Services
Resources
- Individual Tutoring
is available in a full range of subjects from biology to foreign
languages. This learning enhancement opportunity is provided by
qualified Reedies of advanced standing and recognition to all students.
Specialized tutoring and additional hours of assistance are available
for non-native speakers of English and for students with documented
disabilities.
Students seeking a tutor may consult the list or contact Lily Copenagle (x7916).
- The Writing Center is open on a drop-in basis (except for breaks) Sundays through Thursdays, 7-11 p.m. in the Dorothy Johansen House. It is staffed by trained, talented tutors capable of addressing a variety of problems at any stage of the writing process. Additional dates and times are available in support of Hum. paper due dates. Visit the Doyle O.W.L., the college's online writing lab.
- The Science Center is open on a drop-in basis throughout the semester (except for breaks) Sundays through Thursdays, 7-11 p.m. in the Dorothy Johansen House. Qualified peer tutors are available to help with homework or problem sets, analysis of lab data, writing lab reports, or questions about course material. Please stop by.
- The Math Center
is open on a drop-in basis Sundays through Thursdays, 7-9 p.m., to help
with homework and problem sets, questions about course material, and
clarification of concepts throughout the semester. Located in Library
387/389. Closed during breaks.
- The Language Lab is open on a drop-in basis Tuesday through Thursday, 7-8p.m. in the Instructional Media Center, LL1 of the library. The drop-in language tutors provide assistance in writing, speaking, reading, and understanding the languages taught at Reed. They can also help students to use the language-specific computing resources that are available in the language lab. Drop-in tutoring is currently available in French, German, and Spanish. Closed during breaks.
- The Levine Quantitative Skills Center is a resource at Reed for students seeking to develop or improve their math skills for courses in the social and natural sciences with quantitative content. Student tutors are available on a drop-in basis Mondays through Thursdays, 2-7 p.m., and Fridays, 2-5p.m., for general math skills development or to be consulted on quantitative aspects of biology, chemistry, economics, physics, political science, psychology, and sociology. Lily Copenagle (x7916), director, is usually available in the Dorothy Johansen House, and at other times by appointment.
- Quiet Study Rooms are very quiet open rooms available for studying. Physics 121 and 122 are available from 9:30 p.m. to 4 a.m. Vollum 134 and 309 are open from 7 p.m. to 4 a.m.
- Language scholars Reed has native speakers in residence in each of the five language houses who are well qualified and enthusiastic about helping students learn their respective language (Russian, French, Spanish, Chinese, and German).
- Academic support counseling and advising is available through the student services office in Eliot 218. Barre Stoll, Sarah Parshley, and Lily Copenagle work closely with students and their faculty concerning general questions about registration, leaves of absence, withdrawals, course overloads and underloads, tutoring, and probationary status. Students experiencing academic difficulty can also meet to assess study skills, learning styles, time management, test anxiety, procrastination, blocks to learning, and to discuss other academic or personal stressors.
- Specialized support services, providing equality of opportunity and access for qualified students experiencing physical, psychological, attentional, or learning disabilities, are available on an individualized basis. For more information, please see Sarah Parshley.
- Learning Enhancement Resources include a reading machine, CCTV for text magnification, writing resource library, and computer software packages for graphical writing assistance and multisensory approaches to reading. Please see Sarah Parshley for more information.
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