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Support Services

For further information visit La Tanya Webb (Student Services Area) or call 774-7705 or toll-free at 1-877-462-6824, ext. 705 or email La Tanya Webb at webbl@ohio.edu

Placement Testing

  • Computer-based Compass testing includes no charge math, reading, and English tests

  • For sample questions, visit http://www.act.org/compass/sample/ 

  • To schedule an actual 2 hour exam time slot, call 774-7212 or toll free at
    1-877-462-6824, ext. 212

  • Chemistry (pencil and paper) placement exam is available by contacting La Tanya Webb (see contact info above)                

Tutoring

  • All Course Subjects: Go directly to the Learning Commons located in the Stevenson Center (library)   Monday - Thursday 10am-8pm and Friday 12Noon-4pm or call the helpdesk at 740-774-7212 or toll free @ 1-877-462-6824  ext. 212

Career Services -
          
Contact Latanya Webb @740.774.7705  or  via email at webbl@ohio.edu

ACT Study Course

  • Offered twice a year (September/October and February/March)

  • Designed for Junior and Senior High School Students or Education Majors

For further information contact La Tanya Webb in Student Services, at 774-7705 or toll-free at 1-877-462-6824, ext. 705, or send an email, webbl@ohio.edu

Institutional Equity

*Students who have documented disabilities need to schedule an appointment with La Tanya Webb
*After receiving official documentation from the doctor, psychologist, clinic, or other professional organization, special accommodations are requested from the professors/instructors at the beginning of each quarter

TYPICAL ACCOMMODATIONS:

-- Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disability
1)  extended time for tests
2)  alternate location for test-taking
3)  taping of lectures
4)  priority registration

--Mobility: 
1)  extended time for tests
2)  use of a scribe
3)  alternate test format- with advanced agreement
4)  use of a word processor and spell check
5)  priority registration

--Hard of Hearing/Deafness: 
1)  Sign Language Interpreting services
2)  possible academic adjustments for required classes
3)  priority registration
4) Use of Notetaker

--Visual Impairments/Blindness
1)  voice-activated and magnified computer equipment
2)  extended time for tests
3)  use of a reader/scribe/notetaker
4)  alternate test format, if possible
5)  lab assistant, if needed
6)  priority registration

-- Psychological Conditions: 
1)  extended time for tests
2)  alternate location for tests
3)  priority registration

-- Chronic Illnesses
1)  extended time for tests
2)  alternate location for tests
3)  priority registration

-- Learning Disabilities
1)  extended time for tests
2)  alternate location for tests
3)  use of calculator for math classes
4)  use of computer with spell check
5) taping of lectures
6)  priority registration


International Student Services

  • Assistance with international admissions process

  • Education Abroad possibilities for students

Post-Secondary Options

  • Limited to Junior and Senior High School Students who are in the top 25% of their class and pass the Ohio Graduation Tests and all sections of the Compass exam

  • May 1st application deadline for following academic year

Transfer Probation and Academic Probation Advising Services

  • Assistance with scheduling supportive classes

  • Additional tutoring hours available, if needed

Project SERVE Summer Program

  • Special no cost 5 week, 2 credit hour, summer program for incoming full-time fall quarter freshman only