2007-09 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

Graduate Catalog: Section 3.15http://graduate.ua.edu/catalog/13200.htmlTHE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA GRADUATE CATALOGTable of Contents > General Information3.15 CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNINGThe Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is an integral part of the University's plan for academic excellence. Themission of the CTL is to enhance learning through the design and delivery of academic support services. CTL servicesare designed to help students upgrade study strategies and reading proficiencies, succeed in specific Universitycourses—especially quantitative ones—and compete successfully for admission to graduate and professional schools.The CTL maintains a dual service orientation through the provision of opportunities to advance learning strategies foracademically gifted students and to enhance learning strategies for students who need to strengthen their academicskills.Academic support programs are offered through individual tutoring and consultation, a multimedia resource center,curricular courses, structured review programs, supplemental instruction, and informal help sessions. The CTL alsoserves the entire University community through its educational programming on CTL-TV, a closed-circuit broadcastavailable 24 hours a day on campus channel 75. Two TRIO programs funded through the U.S. Department ofEducation also operate in the CTL. Student Support Services provides academic assistance and counseling to 200first-generation, income-eligible, and disabled students. The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate AchievementProgram prepares first-generation and traditionally underrepresented students for successful entry into andcompletion of doctoral degree programs. Student involvement in these units is criterion-based. GEAR UP is an earlyacademic intervention partnership program designed to help students improve academic performance, decreaseschool attrition, increase high-school graduation rates, and increase enrollment in postsecondary education. JUMP(Juvenile Mentoring Program), funded through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, is the mostrecent program addition in the Center for Teaching and Learning. JUMP connects underserved students in Holt HighSchool and Davis-Emerson Middle School with adults, ages 19 years and older, in an innovative mentoring program.JUMP is designed to improve students' academic successes and promote constructive decision-making skills.For further information, contact the Center for Teaching and Learning, 101 Osband Hall, Box 870304, Tuscaloosa, AL35487-0304; telephone (205) 348-5175; or via the Internet at http://www.ctl.ua.edu/THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA GRADUATE CATALOG:: TABLE OF CONTENTSThe Graduate School | UA Catalogs | Graduate Publications | Contact Update: Oct. 2007