Mission and Goals
The Learning Center and Disability Services (LCDS) strives to provide an enriched learning experience by offering a variety of academic support services and opportunities to enhance student learning and success at Saint Xavier University.
Our Mission is:
- to provide all students with academic assistance, across the curriculum on a regularly scheduled and ad hoc basis.
- to provide a comfortable and non-threatening learning environment for students to pursue both formal and informal academic assistance.
- to serve as the campus resource on issues related to the education, instruction and accommodation of learners with varying ability.
- to assist in securing academic accommodations and supplemental services for those students who have self-identified as having a diagnosed disability.
- to train and coordinate a corps of peer tutors to provide academic assistance in a variety of subjects.
- to assist, direct and train supplemental instructors where specified by an academic department.
- to support English as a second language students in course work and laboratory experience.
The LCDS staff also strives:
- to assist students in maximizing their full academic potential at each stage throughout their college experience.
- to design, establish and deliver mechanisms, both formal and informal, that introduce and promote the principles of effective learning.
- to work closely with faculty and administrative staff when assisting individual students to address issues of academic enhancement and performance.
- to increase the level of campus awareness in regards to the undergraduate experience for students with disabilities.
- to increase the visibility and standing of the Learning Center by improving established connections with faculty and administrative staff.
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