|
Hi Bridget,
Please see my answers within the original text of your message below.
Best wishes,
Janet
*-----*
*Janet Pinkham*
*Director*
*Academic Success Center*
*Hope College *
Van Zoeren Hall 261
PO Box 9000
Holland, MI 49422
616-395-7830 (phone)
616-395-7617 (FAX) pinkham*@hope.edu <[log in to unmask]>*
http://www.hope.edu/admin/acadsuccess/
On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Bridget M. Ponte <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Good morning everyone-
>
> I am one of many who are putting together a strategic assessment report
> and am addressing a section on department structure. Since you are the very
> best source of this kind of information, could you take two minutes to
> answer the following:
>
> What is your total enrollment (just an estimate)? 3,400 (all
> undergraduates)
>
> Public, private, 4- or 2-year? Private, 4-year
>
> Do you employ professional tutors? No For writing or content or
> both? How many? Which areas (e.g., statistics)
>
> Do you employ peer tutors? Yes Same as above--are they grads or
> undergrads? 180 undergraduates supporting most of our 100- and
> 200-level courses, as well as select 300- and 400-level courses
>
> Do you have a separate writing center at your institution? Yes
> If not, how much of your business is writing?
>
> What other instructional initiatives does your department facilitate or
> manage: classroom workshops, a coaching/mentoring program, SI, etc.?
> Our office coordinates group study sessions for students enrolled in
> first-year Biology and Chemistry courses, Organic Chemistry, Statistics,
> and Math Lab (for students in any mathematics course). We also run the
> Academic Coaching program, coordinate the support services for students
> with documented disabilities (e.g. coaching, academic advising, test
> proctoring, texts in alternative format, notetakers), and we coordinate
> Peer Partnership Learning - PPL (our own verision of SI). We also make
> classroom presentations and presentations to other groups by request. We
> each teach our own section of the college's First Year Seminar course, too.
>
> How are your tutoring sessions made: appointment, drop-in, etc.? Students
> formally apply for tutoring assistance and are assigned a tutor. Together
> with the tutor, they determine the day(s), time and place they will meet
> weekly for the remainder of the semester (e.g. tutoring is done on-campus,
> but not within our center due to space constraints).
>
> Are you located in Student Affairs or Academic Affairs? Academic
> Affairs
>
>
>
> Thanks so much and good luck to everyone working on these reports!
>
> Bridget Ponte
> Director, Center for Academic Achievement
> Carlow University
> Pittsburgh, PA
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your
> subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web
> browser to
> http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html
>
> To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask]
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To access the LRNASST-L archives or User Guide, or to change your
subscription options (including subscribe/unsubscribe), point your web browser to
http://www.lists.ufl.edu/archives/lrnasst-l.html
To contact the LRNASST-L owner, email [log in to unmask]
|
