1. Academic Success Center
Overview of Services

2. Hixson-Lied Student Success Center

3. About Us Enhance academic development
Reinforce student-centered learning
Promote student success

4. Providing Opportunities
Skill development and course-based support
Achieve academic goals
Develop reflective learners
Experience peer-facilitated learning
Develop leadership skills

5. Comparing ASC Programs & Services
Academic Skill
Development
Course-Based
Support
overlap

6. Academic Skill Development
Academic Coaching
One-on-one meetings
Common concerns
Time management
Exam prep
Motivation
“I got two A’s in college for the first time. I just needed someone else to help me get it together. They were great.”

7. Academic Skill Development
Psych 131: Academic Skills
1 credit, S/F, team-based learning course
Evidence-based approach to learning & applying academic skills
Time management, stress & health, willpower, reading, note-taking
“My study habits before a test have changed greatly. Before, I really only studied the night before a test just to review the material. Now, I start studying 5 days or a week before.”

8. Academic Skill Development
Presentations and Workshops
Classroom presentations
4 topics
Request on website
Academic Coaching Workshops
Evening options
Schedule on website
As a result of students participating in workshops…
91% felt they had an established time management system
87% recognized how to set realistic goals for the semester  

9. Course-Based Support Tutoring Services
Consistent, twice a week sessions
Small peer-facilitated group (2-5 students)
Tutors high in overall effectiveness
More satisfied with their college experience
“[My tutor] was very helpful and thanks to him I was able to get an A on that class. After his sessions, I would get with a group study and I would teach them what he had taught me, and it had helped many people pass the class and earn a good grade in the exams.”

10. Course-Based Support Supplemental Instruction Free & voluntary!
Three or more 50-minute sessions per week
SI participants averaged higher GPA than non-participants during
Three out of four SI participants indicated that participation has improved their overall academic skills
“[My SI leader] was not only effective at teaching the concepts and ideas in fun ways, (often better than the actual instructors), but she was also friendly and approachable.”

11. Online Academic Resources
Exam preparation, test anxiety
Time management, procrastination
Study skills, goal setting, motivation
Course specific assistance
Health and stress

12. Time Management-Weekly Schedule
Weekly Schedule Exercise
Classes
Work/Student Orgs
Eating/Sleeping/Working Out
Weekend non-negotiables
Study time (at least 3 hours/day)
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13. Contact Us 1060 Hixson-Lied Student Success Center Phone: 515-294-6624
find us off the 23 bus route
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