Peer support can be a critical service to struggling students. The learning assistant program at Western Illinois University creates an active learning environment in introductory STEM courses, ...

In an era of online learning, it can be key to making struggling students feel more connected to their college community and better able to tackle academic challenges, writes Doug Kovel. As a ...

The Berkeley College Center for Academic Success (CAS) opened in 2006, with peer tutors employed to provide positive role models for students. Since then, the program has expanded, and faculty report ...

Higher education has a problem: When students are isolated due to online learning, they miss out on valuable opportunities to build social skills that will carry them to success as they pursue their ...

When she retired from Towson University 20 years ago, Margaret Brinsley began looking for a community of people in Anne Arundel County who, like her, were interested in lifelong learning. After doing ...

A peer tutoring program has expanded its services with funds from increased student fees this academic year. The Academic Advancement Program, which provides peer learning and academic support to ...

Study Group registration opens the Wednesday of Week 1 of each quarter. Please note that registration begins at 12:00am midnight between Tuesday and Wednesday (that ...

All positions are paid, and peer leaders receive comprehensive training through ASLA. Please note that new peer leaders must be available for all three quarters of the academic year. Below you will ...

Leaders ask me all the time: "What’s the secret to building a high-performing sales culture?" The short answer is sales enablement. Though not a new concept, it uses relevant learning, coaching and ...

Though many employees turn to supervisors or search engines when tasked with learning a new skill, lots of them look to their peers for help, according to the Harvard Business Review. 1. Appoint a ...

Skokie resident Mick Jackson, 68, has never made his living as a teacher, but you would never know it by visiting a classroom last month on the upper floor of the National Louis University campus in ...