Tutoring & Embedded Tutoring

What is Tutoring vs. Embedded Tutoring?

All tutors empower individuals to become independent learners and critical thinkers. Tutors provide a supportive environment for students to understand new or challenging material through the use of innovative learning and study strategies. In the Student Success Center (SSC), we refer to our drop-in tutoring services as “tutoring,” while embedded tutoring is connected with a faculty member and an assigned course.

The Student Success Center's Embedded Tutoring Program places a tutor in the classroom, working closely with the instructor for the duration of the course. The embedded tutor works in the class as:

Embedded tutors offer an experienced student’s voice to class discussions, lead small break-out sessions, or provide one-on-one mini-tutorials during class. Additionally, embedded tutors can offer in-class and out of class tutoring, help foster connection for the students with college academic support services, and address essential academic skills necessary to succeed in college level coursework. Our embedded tutors assist faculty with facilitating their lectures and providing a peer-to-peer insight to instructors.

Key Points

• The average GPA for a student that utilized an Embedded Tutor in AY2024 was a 2.24 compared to a 1.94 for those students that did not use an Embedded Tutor.
• Fall 2023, BIOL 4345 the Embedded Tutors made the greatest impact in the average GPA, students that used an Embedded Tutor averaged a 3.0, compared to those that did not average a 1.88 GPA.
• BIOL 1307 has continued to be the #1 course to utilize tutoring.
• The 2023-2024 academic year, Embedded Tutoring represented 16 different courses. The following courses were supported with an Embedded Tutor:
• BIOL 1306
• BIOL 1307
• BIOL 1308
• BIOL 3341
• BIOL 3373
• BIOL 4345
• CHEM 1311
• CHEM 1312
• CHEM 2323
• CHEM 2325
• FINC 3331
• MATH 1001
• MATH 1314
• MATH 2412
• MATH 2413
• PHYS 1302
• PHYS 3103

All services are free to enrolled students.

Please review this page to see the tutoring schedule: Tutor Schedule

Embedded Tutors For Faculty

If you are a faculty member and would like an embedded tutor for one of your classes, please contact the Student Success Center at studentsuccesscenter@uhcl.edu. If the Student Success Center is able to place an embedded tutor in your course, you and the Assistant Director of Tutorial Services will work together to find the appropriate tutor. All responsibilities will be discussed at the time of inquiry.