Academic Support:

The Academic Support program assigns each varsity team an athletic academic advisor. This advisor serves as a key contact for student-athletes seeking academic assistance, and helps the student-athletes navigate the academic community. Utilizing the Developmental Advising Model, the academic support staff creates an individualized educational plan based on each student's strengths and weaknesses. Advisors are in regular contact with instructors through progress reports, phone calls, and e-mails. This information is used as a source of intervention to identify problem areas and make necessary recommendations for improvement. The advisor works closely with their assigned students to monitor their academic progress throughout the semester.

~ 60.8% of Student-Athletes had a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.0 or higher.
~ The number of Student-Athletes above a 3.0 has grown each year as seen in the chart below (52%, 57%, 59%, 59.7%).
~Men's Tennis, Women's Soccer and Men's Golf received National Recognition from the NCAA for having a perfect APR score over the past 4 years.

5 year Overview of Cumulative G.P.A. (3.0 or higher)

Since 2005, there has been an increase in the number of St. John's Student-Athletes who have achieved a 3.0 or higher cumulative G.P.A.

Study Center:
The study center program provides a managed study environment. The program balances the need for structure and the student having to take responsibility for his/her own work. Each student-athlete is responsible for 6 hours of monitored study per week. Students are required to use their Red Storm Identification card to swipe in and out of the Study Center. Hours are recorded using a tracking system throughout campus. There are a number of options available for these hours to be completed. We encourage our student-athletes to utilize the resources available to them on campus in order to individualize their educational plans. Students can accumulate hours by attending one of the designated study center locations or by meeting with a tutor, attending professor's office hours, attending review sessions, or attending study groups facilitated by the academic support staff.

Tutoring:
Student-athletes are assisted through the tutoring program by undergraduate students, graduate students, and professional tutors, all of whom have successfully completed the Student Development tutor training program. The tutoring program provides supplemental support at times that are conducive to athletes' demanding schedules. These services are provided during weekday, weekend and evening hours. Students meet with tutors for subject-specific sessions, and/or they can meet with academic coaches to improve skills with commonly challenging issues such as time management and organization. Study groups/review sessions for traditionally difficult courses are also offered and are usually facilitated by a graduate student. This past academic year of 2009-2010, our tutor training program received International Recertification from the College of Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) as an International Tutoring Program. Two tutors received their individual CRLA certifications through our tutor training program during the 2009-2010 academic year. Student-athletes interested in requesting a tutor should see their academic advisor as soon as possible.

Academic Coaches:
Academic coaches assist student-athletes in not only learning content of a particular course, but also educating students on how to learn the material in the most effective way. Academic coaching sessions are designed for students in need of extra assistance in developing valuable learning strategies. While tutoring sessions are subject-specific, academic coaching sessions include overarching issues such as time management, study skills, procrastination, reading comprehension, listening and note-taking strategies and more. Academic coaches' overall goal is to assist the student-athletes learning how to improve their academic skills on big-picture levels, which will benefit them in the future.

Study Groups/Review Sessions:
Each semester the Academic Support program targets traditionally difficult courses and offers concentrated reviews each week. Sessions are facilitated by a graduate student who works in conjunction with the Professor.