{"id":4745,"date":"2023-08-21T14:08:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T18:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/?page_id=4745"},"modified":"2026-07-27T15:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T19:34:13","slug":"syllabus-blurb-talking-points-for-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/syllabus-blurb-talking-points-for-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Syllabus Blurb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We encourage you to use the following blurb in your syllabus to describe the Student Academic Support Center and its services:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Student Academic Support Center (SASC) provides peer-led support for introductory and intermediate level courses in mathematics, statistics, programming, natural sciences, life sciences, quantitative social sciences, and music theory. Additionally, SASC provides support for students using a variety of quantitative skills required for courses across the curriculum. The Student Academic Support Center also provides a variety of workshops in quantitative skills, time management, note-taking, and study skills.&nbsp; Course-Attached Tutors (CATs) are embedded in courses with the highest demand for tutoring.&nbsp; CATs provide assistance outside of class in the form of weekly help sessions\/study groups and private appointments.<br><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SASC is located in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/peer-learning-commons\/\">Peer Learning Commons (PLC)<\/a> on the Ground Floor of Ladd Library.&nbsp; Students are invited to stop by,<em> without an appointment<\/em>, to the drop-in hours in Ladd to meet with a tutor, study independently, meet up with classmates, or to discuss learning strategies. Students who wish to set up an individual appointment can discuss options with a Resource Representative at the PLC check-in desk.&nbsp; For more information go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sasc\">www.bates.edu\/sasc<\/a>. Or, email <a href=\"mailto:sasc@bates.edu\">sasc@bates.edu<\/a> to ask additional questions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Download: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/files\/2024\/07\/SASC-Syllabus-Blurb.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"5111\">syllabus blurb (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We encourage you to use the following blurb in your syllabus to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":false,"_header_override":"","_template_width_override":"","_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"_sidebarChoice":"","footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-4745","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4745"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6070,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4745\/revisions\/6070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/student-academic-support-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}