Tutoring in our Academic Success Centers and/or Online is available to all students attending Houston Community College. One important key to success in college is learning to use available resources. Houston Community College provides many tutoring opportunities for all students in most all areas of study. Whether a student prefers real-time, face-to-face interaction or the privacy and convenience of working with an online or virtual tutor, HCC provides multiple options for support. In addition, HCC provides access to our physical and virtual Academic Success Centers, staffed with experts ready to assist students with writing assignments, math problems, and most academic and workforce subjects. Our mission for the Academic Success Center is to provide complimentary quality tutoring that supports student learning and empowers students to succeed, whether in academic courses or workforce training programs. The Center helps students to shape their future by providing a safe, comfortable, and welcoming environment that supports teacher instruction and supplements student learning.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format.

PROGRAM SCALE: Small-scale (reaches fewer than 10 percent of its target population)

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 2,500

HOW TO ENROLL: All Houston Community College Students have access to tutoring through the Academic Success Center

EVALUATION STATUS: Data related to program outcomes have been internally collected in the past

PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES DATA: Participants who tend to come in for tutoring earlier in the semester and more frequently, tend to have higher success outcomes than those who wait later in the semester and are infrequent.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Academic Instruction, Instructional Support

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Amanda Guerrero at amanda.guerrero@hccs.edu or 713-718-6172

The Z-Degree provides Zero Cost Books degree pathways for students in three majors: Business, Multidisciplinary Studies, and Associates in Science. Zero Cost Books courses are provided rough the use of Open Educational Resources and Open Access teaching and learning materials.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Medium-scale (reaches between 10 and 25 percent of its target population)

PROGRAM OUTCOMES: We have seen the number of Zero Cost Books courses increase over the duration of the program, both in terms of total enrollment and the number of courses. Students in ZCB courses tend to have success rates (C or better) as high or higher than comparable students in the same course.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Instructional Services

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Jerome Drain at jerome.drain@hccs.edu or 7137185261