Academic Support Center (Tutoring Center)
(603) 428-2276
The Academic Support Center
(Tutoring Center) provides tutoring services to all student populations
of New England College in a welcoming and supportive environment. The
Center is located on the second floor of the H. Raymond Danforth
Library and provides a variety of academic services including
professional and peer-tutoring programs. Professional tutors are
available six days a week (usually from 8:30 AM until 10:00 PM) and
offer free, drop-in, and scheduled tutoring appointments to individuals
and groups. Working closely with faculty and staff, the Center
encourages students to excel at their academic goals. The Center's
major objective is to foster student academic success while encouraging
independent learning.
Services offered: The professional tutors
provide general tutoring in such areas as writing development, time
management, study techniques, test-taking strategies, and goal-setting
processes, as well as select subject area tutoring in a number of
academic disciplines including: Math, Science, and Business. At the
core of our services are the following:
• Writing support:
We assist students in all facets of the writing process (brainstorming,
critical thinking development, organization of ideas, thesis
development, preparation of outlines, revision strategies, and editing
strategies). Our writing support is holistic in nature. We model
effective writing strategies and support students in their development
of specific writing assignments. While we do identify grammatical or
syntactical errors in written work and then model how to effectively
fix those errors, we are not an editing service.
• Critical
reading skills: We model active reading strategies such as previewing
texts and exploring various note-taking formats and strategies. While
noting key points and outlining chapters, we teach summarizing,
paraphrasing, and analytical skills for the purpose of entering into a
dialogue that entails synthesis of information and analysis.
•
Time management and study skills: We review course syllabi and
co-curricular activity schedules with students and help them learn to
create schedules that will lead to the most effective use of their
time. Additionally, we teach effective study strategies tailored to
individual student needs.
• English as a Second Language: We
assist those students for whom English is not their primary language
with reading and writing skills and facilitate small group conversation
practice sessions.
• Peer Tutoring services: Peer tutors
offer tutoring in select academic disciplines in an effort to assist
students in the adjustment, satisfaction, and attainment of their
educational goals Peer tutors strengthen the academic climate on campus
and serve as academic peer-mentors
