Academic Support Resources for Advisors

Advisors often refer students to campus resources and services that can help them succeed. These resources are commonly referred to as academic or learning support because they do just that - help students get the information, resources or skills to be successful.

Math

A real fear (math anxiety), via Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Ask Dr. Math
MODUMATH, multimedia courseware for students who struggle with math
VA community colleges dive hear first into remedial-math redesign, via The Chronicle of Higher Education

Memory

Memory aids resources, via the Clearinghouse
Memory improvement techniques, via MindTools
Memory principles, via Middle Tennessee State University

Note Taking

DegreeWorks: Advising Notes Manual, via Advising Administration listserv
The Benefits of No-Tech Note Taking, via The Chronicle
Effective Documentation, via Academic Impressions
Top 5 tips for effective notetaking, via Seton Hall
EARS Notes Guidelines, via University of Washington

Reading strategies

Reading efficiently by reading intelligently, via MindTools
SPUNKI: A reading rubric that engages students with course content, via On Course

Student Success Courses and Workshops

Academic success coaching: Keys to an effective approach, via Academic Impressions
Do student success courses actually help community college students succeed? via CCRC
Five resolutions to succeed in college, via The Christian Science Monitor
Information skill overview, via Mind Tools
Introducing a remedial program that actually works, via The Chronicle of Higher Education
On course newsletter student success tips, via Skip Downing
Steps to support international student success, via Academic Impressions
Success begets success: Student success courses catching on at community colleges, via Inside Higher Education

Study Skills

Forget what you know about study habits, via The New York Times
Study strategies resources, via the Clearinghouse
Study skills information, via Central New Mexico
Successful study habits, via studyhabits.com
Student's study habits, via USA Today

Test Taking

Test preparation and test taking resources, via The Clearinghouse

Time Management and Procrastination

Overcoming procrastination, via Mindtools.com
Recognizing the language of procrastination, via Academic Advising Today
A Reference Guide to Time Management Skills, via Cornerstone
Time management resources, via the Clearinghouse

Tutoring and Supplemental Instruction

DFW rates and you: Rethinking support for at-risk students, via Academic Impressions
Khan Academy, A not-for-profit providing a free educational resources
NTA, National Tutoring Association
TutorTrac, management software
smartthinking.com, online tutoring service

Unprepared Students

Advising academically unprepared students, via The Clearinghouse

Writing

Citation machine, helps researchers properly credit their information
Grammarbase.com, will analyze your document, for free, for mistakes
Framework for success in postsecondary writing, via the National Writing Project
Improving your online writing center for international students, via Academic Impressions
Merriam-Webster online dictionary
Plagiarism, via Purdue University
Writing Lab
Strunk's Style Elements of Usage and Principles of Composition
Writing Center and online tutoring resources - University of Toledo
Writing skills - Before you write it down, know this, via Mind Tools

Groups

Academic Coaching

Associations

CRLA, College Reading and Learning Association
Learning Support Centers in Higher Education
NADE, National Association for Developmental Education
NCLCA, National College Learning Center Association
NTA, National Tutoring Association

CAS Standards for Academic Assistance programs

Articles:

Academic Honesty/Integrity

Academic Support Centers

Self Management

Decision making and Goal Setting

Inventories

Learning