About Learning Support Centers

Introduction: Titles and program titles need to be constantly redefined, updated, and restated so that significant others in postsecondary education, like administrators, faculty, and public officials are aware of their meanings and the impact that these programs as defined can have and do have on their campuses. Within this section are different definitions of the major academic support terms that are used by college and university administrators, faculty, and staff.

Definitions of Key Academic Support Terms:
Learning Support Center and Learning Assistance Support System

Learning Commons
Developmental Education
Some Perceived Differences: Learning Support Centers & Developmental Education
Other Learning Support Center Related Terms 
Acronyms & Abbreviations Related to Learning Assistance

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Names of Learning Support Centers: Over 160 different names that institutions are using to designate its learning support center.

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Names/Titles of Tutors: This list of 20 names/titles is based on posts to LRNASST-L to answer the question, " What else can one call a tutor?"

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Learning Support Centers on the Web: Learning Support Centers are developing campus web sites as a way both to publicize their programs and services to students, faculty, and administrators and to offer on-line diagnostic and tutoring services. This resource includes the web addresses of current learning center web sites, and archives of the annual LSCHE web site awards, and useful references for center webmasters.

Background & History of Learning Support Centers: A chronology of learning support center related events including seminal publications (In Progress)

Model Learning Support Centers: A description of some centers that can be considered as models for administrators who are looking to develop a new center or to modify an existing one. (In Progress)

Learning Support Center Mission Statements: In this section are links to Mission Statements of Learning Support Centers. The mission statements range from single sentence to multi-paragraph statements.Some centers also have, in addition to their mission statements, a list of its goals and a vision statement.

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Best Practices for Learning Support Centers Handout:  A revised list of the Innovative Educator Webinar Best Practices presentation (May 7, 2009) developed for a post conference workshop at the Golden NCLCA Conference (October 3, 2009).

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