Student Academic Success Services (SASS) was created to promote academic success at the University of Minnesota. Staff work with students in balance and skill development areas that impact academic performance through Academic Success Classes and Academic Skills Coaching.
SASS has identified 5 Core Factors for academic success that are integrated into each of our services and work to promote greater efficiency and effectiveness.
Active Learning
Self Awareness
Study Skills
Life Balance
Student Engagement
As a student, you've probably realized you need new skills for dealing with the many tasks filling up your semester: studying, classes, work, finances, family, friends.
It's time to learn new ways to manage your time, manage stress, take better notes, and prepare for tests. Visit effectiveu.umn.edu for free tutorials
Visit Student Writing Support for free face-to-face and online writing consultations for all University of Minnesota students—graduate and undergraduate—at all stages of the writing process
Ask an Expert is a series of short videos that address important topics around academic and professional development for graduate students. Each video is made by a UMN expert for a UMN graduate student!
Free computer use and quiet places to study.
In-person and online tutorials and workshops on topics such as citation managers and research strategies.
Peer Research Consultants provide one-on-one assistance to develop the research strategies needed to write an excellent research paper. They can help with finding research articles, selecting a research topic, and creating a thesis statement and research questions.
What They Do:
We offer statistics and data science help and collaboration. Our services range from planning of pilot studies and surveys, to methodological help with data science, software development for specialized tasks, and data analysis. These services are available to the entire community, including the members of the University of Minnesota and the business community. When working with clients we listen to your needs and work with you to understand the questions and objectives of your study. We actively participate and help you formulate your problems in terms of statistical and data science questions. Then we help you solve those problems, and work with you until the solutions are reasonable and understandable. We communicate with you about what can, and what cannot, be solved using modern data science methods. Every year we work on a wide range of projects with University researchers, community and business partners. Depending or your needs and questions we can provide quick answers or design new methods to answer the questions or your research or business needs.
Please contact IRSAConsulting@umn.edu with any general questions.
Advanced research help (capstone papers and projects, grad students): Request a (Virtual) Consultation with a Librarian.
Media project help (e.g. how can students facilitate a group video project over Zoom?): Online media consultations.
English as a Second Language help: Student English Language Support (SELS) has moved online.
The Assignment Calculator breaks down the major research and writing steps based on the due date a student enters. Each step has links to online guides for help.