The Academic Resource Center at Manhattanville College aims to serve the academic support needs of all students, through individual tutoring, group Supplemental Instruction sessions, and a variety of workshops. Special credit-bearing courses are also offered that accompany students' regular academic courses and enhance learning in the sciences, mathematics and the humanities. The philosophy of the Academic Resource Center is one of fostering independence in the students who seek help. We are equipped to deal with many types of academic difficulties and to offer personal assistance in a relaxed and supportive atmosphere.
In seeking help, students must remember that they are making a commitment to their own success and are therefore expected to meet the following responsiblities.
1. Tutoring help should be requested after having exhausted the usual channels that exist on campus, including conferences with the professor, attendance at Supplemental Instruction sessions (if available), and attendance at regularly scheduled workshops offered by the ARC.
2. In no way is a tutor expected to do a student's work or to predict a student's grade in a course or on any given piece of work. Tutoring should not be seen as an automatic passport to success, but rather as a process in which principles learned are applied over time.
3. Those seeking help must come to all ARC group and individual sessions prepared, with all relevant materials on hand, with an understanding of the nature of the assignment, and with a copy of the professor's actual written assignment whenever possible.
4. Personal appointments should be made at least one day in advance, and possibly farther ahead as the semester progresses. Tutors are usually not available on a drop-in basis. Call Ext. 5474 (914-323-5474) or come to the ARC to make appointments.
5. Students are expected to be punctual and to keep all appointments. If a student is more than fifteen minutes late for an appointment, the time may be given to another student. If a standing appointment is missed without prior notification more than once, the student may consider his or her time freed for others. If a student is receiving help from a tutor who comes from off-campus, the student MUST notify the tutor in advance if an appointment cannot be kept. These students and tutors must exchange telephone numbers in the event that they need to contact one another.