Center for Academic Success

Two students with textbook at computers talking — The Center for Academic Success is the place for students to study, find support through tutors and more.

Disability Services has a testing/lab room to accommodate students with disabilities.
The Learning Commons is a study space designed for individual and group work with access to technology and tutors.

Tutoring Services

Objectives:

To be a “one-stop shop” for student academic support, dedicated to empowering students to attain their learning goals.
To provide peer-driven tutoring services in which the tutee drives the session.
To provide tutoring services in all the required general-education undergraduate degree courses, in addition to providing tutees with studying strategies and resources.
To remove the stigma of tutoring services by promoting an environment in which tutoring is perceived as a positive, rather than a negative.
To be committed to collaboration, creativity, excellence, hospitality, and service.
What you can expect from your tutoring experience (pdf).
To schedule with a tutor, go to MyBethel login, then go to "Students" then "Learning Commons." Alternately, you may access the scheduling software by selecting the help button through Canvas (blue question mark on the left side of screen).

The Center for Academic Success – Disability Services is located in the lower level of Miller-Moore Academic Center (room 033) on the Bethel University campus. We have a new accommodated testing/lab room to accommodate students with disabilities.

Hours: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday

Please call 574.807.7460 or email AcademicSuccess@BethelUniversity.edu to schedule your appointment. Bring documentation of your disability if you have it.

Make a direct request for specific academic accommodations to ensure equal access.
Discuss how your condition impacts you in class, on evaluations, assignments, time constraints and mobility issues.
Significant Differences in Disability Services between High School and College (pdf or Word document).

Bethel University and the law

Individuals, including students enrolled at Bethel University, are afforded certain rights under Federal legislation. Specifically, individuals with disabilities are provided rights under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and their appropriate amendments.

High school students

When at the college level, students with disabilities are entitled to support services. Students need to know enough about their disability to discuss it with the appropriate people. They must understand their rights and their strengths and weaknesses enough to know which accommodations to request. Students with disabilities need to be prepared for the independence and advocacy skills necessary for college life.

Guides to disability services

Read the Student Guide to Disability Services

For information and policies about service animals and emotional support animals, please set up an appointment with the director of the Center for Academic Success by calling 574.807.7460.

Faculty Staff Guide for Disability Resources

Testing Services

The Center for Academic Success proctors quizzes and exams for students who have learning disabilities. Students must have their completed accommodations form on file with the CAS-Disabilities Services office to receive testing services.

You must make an appointment to take a test in the CAS. Please call 574.807.7460 to schedule your appointment. Students without an appointment will not be accommodated. Appointments must be made 24 hours prior to requested proctoring date.

Academic Coaching Services

Academic Coaching is for students who desire assistance navigating the academic landscape of college. Many students struggle with the transition from high school to college, and need someone to connect with weekly who can assist the student to develop a plan and help him/her follow it.

Academic coaching is flexible, based on student needs. It is available from peers or CAS staff. It might mean one or more of the following:

Assisting in understanding the expectations within syllabi
Helping the student utilize a calendar system
Prioritizing between past due and upcoming assignments
Setting simple goals that will help the student accomplish the grade s/he desires
Showing the student how to take effective notes
Helping the student connect with a tutor or other resources
Identifying the student’s learning style so s/he can study smarter
Developing a reward system so the student can feed his/her motivation
Pointing the student toward on-line resources
Giving the student regular academic accountability

Contact Rachel Kennedy in the Center for Academic Success (contact info below) to arrange an academic coaching plan or apply here for a peer coach.

Note: Peer Academic Coaching is available on campus (for commuters or residential students) in the fall of the student's freshmAn year. Coaching is not available for adult students, graduate students, or BU-X students.

College Level Examination Placement (CLEP) Test Administration

CLEP tests are administered in the Center for Academic Success, which is in the lower level of the Miller Moore Academic Center (see map).

CLEP Registration

There is a $15 administration fee, payable to Bethel University, for both Bethel students and non-Bethel students. Cash or check are accepted, but no credit cards. Please also bring a government-issued photo ID.

You must do the following:

order your CLEP exam with clep.collegeboard.org first,
print your ticket, and
bring it with you on your test day.

The tickets are generally good for about six months after you purchase them from collegeboard.

ACT Testing Details

Calendar

About Test Dates

The dates the ACT is offered at Bethel are during months when it is not offered at the official sites. Bethel students who need to take the ACT may do so at official ACT sites on officially scheduled dates; see the link below for registration deadlines and test dates. To sign up for a test date at an official (non-Bethel) site, go to http://www.act.org

See Calendar (below) for the anticipated test dates at Bethel University. To register for one of these, please stop by our office or call 574.807.7460. Please note that other dates may be added. Check back for up-to-date listings.

National Test Dates* (not offered at Bethel):

Feb. 11, 2023
April 15, 2023
June 10, 2023
July 15, 2023

*National test registration can be found on the ACT site (www.act.org).

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Cost

Please email or call the Center for Academic Success to inquire about the current cost of the residual testing. Currently the cost is $63 (March, 2022), p: 574.807.7460 or academicsuccess@betheluniversity.edu.

All students must register for ACT Residual Testing online a minimum of one (1) week prior to their selected testing date. No refunds will be issued for no-shows or any cancellations received after 10 a.m., one business day prior to the scheduled test date.

Identification

Required exam materials

Details

An on-campus or "residual" testing program is available to ACT-participating colleges. Scores from Residual Testing are reported only to Bethel University offices for admission, course placement and advising purposes.

Eligibility for Students – Residual Testing is conducted at Bethel University for students who: 1) are enrolled, 2) have been admitted, or 3) are applying to Bethel University. Students who do not intend to attend Bethel University are not allowed to participate in ACT Residual Testing on our campus.

Scores

Scores from Residual Testing are valid only at Bethel University and cannot be transferred by transcript or other means to any other institution or agency.
Scores from Residual Testing are reported only to the college administering the test.
No Student Reports or High School Reports are generated.
No Additional Score Reports will be generated to report scores to any other institution.

Restrictions

Residual Testing is not a practice test and is not for use with younger students. Bethel University does not provide Residual Testing to individuals who do not intend to attend our college.
ACT Residual Testing is restricted to on-campus administrations. Test booklets may not be transported from campus to campus or to any off-campus locations.
A minimum of 60 days must elapse before another Residual Test may be taken. Scores achieved before the minimum elapsed time will be cancelled without refund.
ACT restricts the number of times a student may take the ACT to 12 times total. Residual Testing does count toward that maximum.

Accommodated learners
Extended-time testing is available to current Bethel University students with documented learning disabilities. If you are not a current Bethel University student, but can present documentation of a learning disability (or ADHD), please email academicsuccess@betheluniversity or call 574.807.7460 to discuss the documentation needed.

Documentation from ACT for English language learners will also be honored.

Accommodated ACT test-takers will typically be tested one day before the test date for which they register. Accommodated testing may not be available every date, due to the academic calendar and availability of testing space on alternate days.

Even if a student is the only accommodated tester, and only taking one subject test of the ACT, standardization requires that they sit through any preceding subject tests which would typically be offered prior to their subject test before being allowed to begin.