What We Do
The Academic Support Center for Excellence (ACE) offers workshops and tutoring for undergraduate and graduate students seeking to improve their skills in humanities-related subject areas.
Location & Hours
The Academic Support Center for Excellence (718-960-8175) is located in the Old Gym Building, Room 205.
Regular hours during the fall and spring semesters are: Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday 9 a.m.-1 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The Center is not open for tutoring when classes are not in session and when the College is closed. It may, however, be open for scheduled workshops. Please call the Center to confirm workshop hours.
Areas of Tutoring
Tutors are available in the following areas. Please contact us if you do not see listed the area in which you need tutoring.
- Accounting
- Art History
- CUNY Assessment Tests in Reading and Writing
- Economics
- English
- French
- History
- Italian
- Linguistics
- Psychology
- Reading
- Spanish
- Speech Pathology
- Sociology
- Statistics for Psychology
- Writing
See our FAQ page for answers to general questions about tutoring.
Apply for a Tutor
Come by the Old Gym Building in Room 205 any time during our regular hours to fill out a tutor request form. You can also download an application, and drop it off in the office.
Workshops
We offer free workshops in a variety of areas including writing, and preparation for the CUNY Assessment Tests in reading and writing. For the complete current schedule of ISSP workshops, click here.
CUNY Assessment Tests
Please see the Testing Office website for more information about testing policies and procedures.
CUNY Assessment Tests
Workshops for the CUNY Assessment Tests in writing and reading are offered on a weekly basis during the fall and spring semesters. All students are welcome to participate; no advance sign-up is required. CUNY policy requires twenty hours of intervention prior to the CUNY Assessment retest. Intervention hours may be accumulated through workshop attendance, participation in tutoring sessions, and up to five hours logged on the PLATO language skills program in ACE's computer lab.
CUNY Assessment Test workshops are also offered through the Coordinated Freshman Programs during the summer (718-960-8720).
See the workshop schedule for more detailed information about workshops. For general information about the CUNY Assessment Tests in reading, writing, and math, see the official CUNY website.
Please contact the Mathematics Department's Math Lab (718-960-8878) if you require tutoring for the CUNY Assessment Test in Mathematics.
Learning Resources
ACE's facilities include a computer room, available for use by any Lehman student, featuring the following educational software:
- PLATO language skills program, for building English grammar and writing skills. Advance sign-up is required. Contact the ACE at 718-960-8175.
- Ace Pro Reader, for improving reading speed and comprehension
- Mavis Beacon Typing Tutor, for building typing skills
Message to Faculty
If you are a Lehman faculty member, our professional staff can provide valuable supplementary services for your class, such as:
- in-class workshops (or separately scheduled workshops) on a range of topics, such as study skills, writing research papers, MLA and APA format, etc. Please feel free to request a workshop topic.
- individual consultations, and follow-up, with students in need of targeted academic support.
For further information, please contact Ms. Althea Forde, Director of ISSP, at althea.forde@lehman.cuny.edu.
Updated: 10/18/2011