Academic Enrichment Center

Located in the Zondervan Library, the Academic Enrichment Center (AEC) has several goals:

• to equip students with the appropriate academic skills needed to engage the learning process and to be successful lifelong learners.
• to provide services that foster and support the learning process in a way that helps students with disabilities to have equal access to education while maintaining academic integrity.
• to provide an environment that nurtures the learner in each student. 

The AEC offers several programs to meet these goals

Academic Intensive Module (AIM)

AIM is a program created to provide assistance to new students who are provisionally accepted through the admissions process at Taylor University.  AIM includes enrollment in a learning skills course, required study table hours and progress reports, mentoring and tutoring services, and academic counseling.  The goal is that students in AIM will become successful, self-directed, and independent learners, fulfilling their goals for a college education.

Athletic Academic Support

Taylor University’s athletic department maintains high academic and graduation goals for over 400 student athletes.  To help meet these goals, the Student Athlete Academic Support Program along with the AEC provides seminars for new student athletes on topics such as time and stress management, study skills, learning styles, test taking, and campus resources.  A study table program, progress reports, tutoring services, and academic advising are integral to this program.

Students with Disabilities

Students with disabilities who wish to receive support services should contact the Academic Enrichment Center.  Services may include assistance with note taking, alternative testing, or other accommodations deemed reasonable and necessary by qualified professionals.  A student requesting services must provide documentation of a disability in order to receive accommodations.

• Handbook for Students with Disabilities (.pdf)
• Application Form (.pdf)
• Release Form (.pdf)
• Accommodation Request Form (.pdf)
• Learning Disability Verification Form (.pdf)
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Verification Form (.pdf)
• Physical Disability Verification Form (.pdf)
• Mental Impairment Verification Form (.pdf)

Tutoring Services

There are times when students of varying abilities have need of assistance in clarifying and understanding a particular concept.  Recognizing the importance of peer interaction in the learning process, the AEC provides study tables and one-on-one tutoring services to meet this need.  All tutoring is provided free of charge to students.

Learning Courses

The AEC offers the following courses to equip students to engage the learning process and experience learning success.

• ENG 101 – Fundamentals of Writing
  Students learn writing strategies for every phase of the writing process, compose a variety of texts, and practice standards for academic writing, including sentence style, grammar, and punctuation.
• IAS 180 – Applied Learning Techniques, Verbal
  This course emphasizes techniques for the improvement of study skills, listening and note taking, reading, and comprehension.
• IAS 410 – Speed Reading
  This courses emphasizes speed reading techniques and effective comprehension.
• MAT 100 – Mathematics Fundamentals
  This course is a study of the basic arithmetic operations, exponents, ratios, linear and quadratic equations, graphs, and story problems. It is specifically designed to assist those students who need help for the mathematics proficiency examination.

 

For questions or to request more information, contact the Academic Enrichment Center.