- The peer Academic Coaches at the Curricular Resource Center are undergraduate and graduate students (master's, PhD, and medical students) who offer individualized sessions and facilitate group conversations that support students' academic progress and personal well-being.
- Individualized Support: If you are interested in working with a dedicated one-on-one peer coach at the CRC for the semester, someone who can meet with you weekly or biweekly, you must request one by filling out this request/intake form. About 80 students are paired with an academic coach throughout each semester. The CRC peer coaches also provide drop-in/open hours for any student to receive in-the-moment consultations on time management techniques, task prioritization strategies, and preparation for midterms/finals.
Group Sessions: Coaches offer workshops about executive functioning, learning strategies, and staying motivated. See the list of workshops here [TBD]. They also facilitate Power Hours/quiet study sessions, which are opportunities for group study, accountability, and community with others who share similar goals.
- The Division of Athletics trains and supports peer academic coaches to help undergraduate student-athletes discover and develop their preferred learning habits and effective study strategies for strengthening their educational capacities and engagement. Each peer academic coach is assigned to a team(s) and will work with the Student-Athlete Development point person and sport-specific Coaching staff to provide group and 1:1 academic workshops and consultations focusing on the first-year transition, time management strategies, effective study habits, and test-taking skills, as well as empowering them to utilize resources available to them.
Curricular Resource Center
Academic Coaching, Engagement and Support
Professional and Peer Coaches offer strategies for students in the humanities, social sciences, and STEM fields; they work with any student at no cost.
The Division of Athletics offers peer academic coaching for varsity athletic teams. Peer Academic Coaches at the Curricular Resource Center are trained and dedicated upper-level students (juniors, seniors, and graduate students).
An Academic Coach is a peer or professional staff member trained and supervised to support you in being academically engaged and successful.
Questions about Academic Coaching? Please email academicsupport@brown.edu. You may also contact the CRC Program Manager, Faith Freeman or the CRC Director & Associate Dean of the College, Peggy Chang.