The Writing Center was founded in March 2014, and has steadily grown in the years since. (Courtesy of UMass Lowell) Taylor Steinbrecher Connector Contributor In a corner on the third floor of O’Leary Library lies the check-in desk to a tutoring center that many students on campus do not know exists. “It started out with…
Promise of bonus points gets students to attend tutoring
Hannah Manning Connector Editor Organic chemistry is a course so notoriously difficult that Dr. Khalilah Reddie offers students an extra seven points on their final score. Of course, there is a catch: to earn the points, students have to attend 30 half-hour tutoring sessions during the semester. Unlike other science courses, attendance and participation does…
