What We Do

The Academic Support Center for Excellence (ACE) offers workshops and tutoring for undergraduate and graduate students seeking to improve their skills in humanities-related subject areas.

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Location & Hours

The Academic Support Center for Excellence (718-960-8175) is located in the Old Gym Building, Room 205.

Regular tutoring hours during the fall and spring semesters are the following: Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-7 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The Center is not open for tutoring when classes are not in session and when the College is closed. It may, however, be open for scheduled workshops. Please call the Center to confirm workshop hours.

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Areas of Tutoring

Tutors are available in the following areas. Please contact us if you do not see listed the area in which you need tutoring.

  • Accounting
  • Art History
  • Economics
  • English
  • French
  • History
  • Italian
  • Linguistics
  • Psychology
  • Reading
  • Spanish
  • Speech Pathology
  • Sociology
  • Statistics for Psychology
  • Writing

See our FAQ page for answers to general questions about tutoring.

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Apply for a Tutor

Come by the Old Gym Building in Room 205 any time during our regular hours to fill out a tutor request form. You can also download an application, and drop it off in the office.

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Workshops

We offer free workshops in a variety of areas including writing, and preparation for the CUNY Assessment Tests in reading and writing. For the complete current schedule of ISSP workshops, click here.

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Learning Resources

ACE's facilities include a computer room, available for use by any Lehman student, featuring the following educational software:

  • Ace Pro Reader, for improving reading speed and comprehension
  • Mavis Beacon Typing Tutor, for building typing skills

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Message to Faculty

If you are a Lehman faculty member, our professional staff can provide valuable supplementary services for your class, such as:

  • in-class workshops (or separately scheduled workshops) on a range of topics, such as study skills, writing research papers, MLA and APA format, etc. Please feel free to request a workshop topic.
  • individual consultations, and follow-up, with students in need of targeted academic support.
For further information, please contact Ms. Althea Forde, Director of ISSP, at althea.forde@lehman.cuny.edu.

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Updated: 4/4/2012