Center for Academic Success and Achievement

1-on-1 collaboration with a coach to identify academic concerns and troubleshoot solutions.

Academic coaching is a working partnership that focuses on identifying barriers and fostering new ways to achieve academic success. You can meet with a coach to discuss academic concerns and brainstorm solutions. The coach can provide a range of services to match each student's unique academic goals.

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Coaching Support Includes:

• Where to Start
• Note-Taking
• Achieving Balance
• Goal Setting
• Motivation
• Getting Organized
• Countering Procrastination
• Managing Time and Priorities
• Test Preparation
• Project Planning
• Online Learning
• Learning Strategies
• Using Technology for Academics

Interactive, discussion-based seminars that strengthen academic skills.

Success seminars are weekly in-person and online workshops designed to be interactive and tailored around your personal experiences. Sessions focus on developing knowledge, skills and behaviors for your academic success.

Success Seminar Topics Include:

• Learning Strategies
• Note-taking Tips
• Motivation
• Goal Setting
• Finding Balance
• Planning and Organizing
• Countering Procrastination
• Making the Most of Online Courses
• Finals Week Preparation

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Brainfuse

Brainfuse offers live online tutoring, study resources, and expert writing guidance 24/7.

• Live Help: Connect online with real tutors in real time! Ask questions, get instant feedback, and gain a deeper understanding of tricky concepts.
• Writing Lab: Submit your draft online to get asynchronous help from a writing expert. Receive comprehensive feedback on any type of writing.
• Skillsurfer: Access a library of lessons, videos, and practice tests on multiple topics.
• LEAP Learning Platform: Build academic skills through targeted lessons, quizzes, and online tutoring based on a skills assessment that you take at the beginning of the learning sequence.
• Flashbulb: Create and share flashcards, tests, and games.
• Language Lab: Connect with a live language tutor for help with your foreign language class or practice new language vocabulary with games, quizzes, flashcards, and spoken pronunciations.

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Grammarly Premium

Download Your Grammarly Premium Account

Grammarly is a writing and grammar tool that, once downloaded, automatically checks grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style errors for everything you type. BW provides students with a Grammarly Premium account for free. Grammarly is available to download for Microsoft Office Suite, Windows, IOS, Android, and any other apps you use.

• Tips on getting the most out of Grammarly
• Grammarly Tech Support

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Academic Honesty

• Academic Affairs Academic Honesty Policy

Schedule 30 or 60-minute appointments, in-person or online

Individual tutoring is available in most subject areas. Meet with tutors to bridge gaps in knowledge and supplement, complement and enhance your learning.

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Request a tutor for courses not currently supported

No appointment necessary, just stop in at the scheduled time

Make drop-in tutoring a part of your weekly schedule to complete homework and prepare for tests with support of our trained tutors. Drop-in tutoring is a great option for last-minute questions in classes such as biology, chemistry, economics, mathematics and statistics.

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Read to learn more effectively and efficiently

Receive reading support by meeting individually with a reading specialist to learn the most efficient and effective reading strategies to suit your learning goals.

• Get help with one particularly tough assignment or meet with us regularly for ongoing reading support.
• Appointments are offered online or in our CASA offices on the top floor of Ritter Library.

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Reading Resources

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• Reading to Learn: Before-During-After Reading Strategies

Meet individually with a writing specialist, who will coach you toward your writing goals.

• Obtain writing assistance for any course or assignment, plus resumes and job or graduate school application personal statements.
• Get help with one tough assignment or see us regularly for ongoing writing help.
• Support available for both English as a primary language and as a secondary language.
• Appointments are offered online or in our CASA offices on the top floor of Ritter Library.

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• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
• Modern Language Association (MLA) Handbook Plus
• APA Style Online
• Chicago Manual of Style