Academic Support Services

Other Resources

  • 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. Mike Brody 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 Libby Rapkoch.

  • 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 Lily Copenagle for more information.