OAS Tutoring

With a convenient tutoring location in the Library (1L-117), we strive to accommodate even the busiest of student schedules with weekday, weekend, and evening hours of operation.  Our tutoring lab is equipped with several computers installed with MS Office, C++ and other academic software.

Our professional peer tutors, who are certified by the CRLA (College Reading & Learning Association), are able to assist students in the following ways: 

• Assessing student work and helping accordingly by providing reinforcement of classroom instruction through explanation, clarification, and demonstration
• Helping students better understand challenging coursework and/or readings
• Facilitating a better understanding of academic writing, and providing helpful verbal and written commentary on student work
• Familiarizing students with CSI’s available academic resources

CSI’s Office of Institutional Research has demonstrated that our CRLA-certified tutors have historically helped students raise their pass rates by as much as 30%.  Be sure to make use of this quality academic assistance on offer year-round.

Academic Support hires high-performing students to work part-time as peer tutors in a wide variety of subject areas, both in the Humanities and Social Sciences as well as in Business & Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.  For more information on the qualifications to apply to become a tutor — and the benefits, professional and personal, of working in this position — please see the following.

• Info for Becoming a Tutor

   

Academic Support was awarded certification as a Level 1 certified tutor training program by the internationally recognized College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) in 2022, and has re-earned certification in 2024.

For more than thirty years, CRLA has been a leader in learning assistance, reading, and academic support programs, with almost 1,300 members and over 2,000 certified training programs worldwide.

Academic Support worked hard to develop a tutor training program that meets CRLA’s rigorous standards, and successfully completed the International Tutor Training Program Certification (ITTPC) peer review process.  Achieving certification means that we have met CRLA’s high standards for tutor selection, training, direct service, and evaluation as an integral part of our overall tutoring program.