Center for Academic Excellence

The Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) is dedicated to helping students achieve success in their academics and overall college experience. The CAE promotes improved academic performance and student persistence through strategies that lead to active learning, engagement, and self- regulation. The CAE staff works closely with students, faculty, and departments throughout the University to proactively and efficiently identify and implement strategies to bolster students’ academic and personal success.

Academic Success Programs (ASP), including the Undergraduate Tutorial Program (UTP), are available to all enrolled undergraduate students. Academic success involves learning to ask for help early and using the resources that are available on our campus. In addition to using resources offered through the Academic Success Programs, students are  encouraged to meet with a success advisor.

Academic Success Programs

As part of our Academic Success Programs (ASP), Hofstra University offers 1:1 and group tutoring for undergraduate students in many subjects, free of charge, through the Undergraduate Tutorial Program (UTP). The UTP is internationally certified by the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA). The undergraduate tutors who lead the tutorial sessions are in excellent academic standing and have shown proficiency in the subjects they tutor. Students may request one-on-one sessions with tutors and/or participate in small group sessions. Tutorial support for biology, chemistry, astronomy, physics, computer science, and business statistics are provided in the form of small-group sessions only. Students can receive tutoring for 90 minutes per class in up to three classes per week. The goal of the Undergraduate Tutorial Program is to sharpen the skills of all undergraduate students, regardless of their academic standing. Students interested in requesting a tutor can schedule appointments through the Hofstra portal, using Navigate. In addition, ASP offers a variety of student success workshops throughout the year. For more information about those programs or the UTP, call 516-463-2000 or visit hofstra.edu/utp.

Writing Center

Welcome to the Hofstra University Writing Center, where we offer free, confidential, 1:1 support for current Hofstra University undergraduate and graduate students.

The Hofstra University Writing Center works with students of all experience levels, cultural backgrounds, and learning styles, in an effort to support their growth as writers, readers, and thinkers. Through conversation, tutors offer guidance to writers from across disciplines, at any stage in the writing process. Tutors work to promote writers’ independence, not through correcting their essays, but rather through a supportive learning environment that helps writers understand the expectations of their readers and the needs of each writing situation. To this end, the center assists writers in gaining the skills they will need throughout their academic careers and beyond.

Mathematics Tutoring Center

Administered by the Mathematics Department as a free service to students, the Mathematics Tutoring Center is staffed by advanced undergraduates and, occasionally, by professors. Students are welcome to visit the center in Room 301 Roosevelt Hall, South Campus, to study and ask questions as they arise. No appointment is necessary. Ordinarily, only one tutor is available at the center at any one time. The tutor works with individual students or with a small group of students. Students taking MATH 6A, 40, 45, 50, 61, 61A, 71, and 72 benefit most from the services provided at the center. For more information, visit hofstra.edu/mtc.