The General View Brilliant Things Will Happen Here With a mission to support GS students in achieving academic excellence, the School of General Studies Academic Resource Center’s (ARC) programs and services—including peer tutoring, reading and argument coaching, individual consultations, and more—are designed based on the latest research in metacognition and educational psychology. Now, rising to match its charge, the ARC has a new home, and it is revolutionary. The new 3,500 square foot center, which is located on Broadway at 111th Street, possesses a formal reception area, five advising deans’ offices, four flexible workstations, an eight-seat round-table conference room, a pantry, and a flexible tutoring/ conference and events space that easily seats 35. All in all, the new facility can serve more than 50 students simultaneously, plus staff. “We have expanded from an office that could serve about eight students at once uncomfortably, to a modern, state-of-the-art center that can easily support six tutors working with groups of two to six students at the same time,” said Sara Remedios Bloom, Associate Dean of Students and Director of Academic and Learning Initiatives. “It’s truly a game changer, and we are thrilled to put the space to use this fall.”
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