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Title V/Learning Enhancement Center

• What We Do
• Mission Statement
• About Title V
• Hours, Location, and Contact Information
• Learning Enhancement Center's Blog

What We Do

MCNY's new Learning Enhancement Center offers a wide range of services, both at the Center and online, to help students develop their writing, math and other necessary skills. The Learning Enhancement Center provides comprehensive academic support services including:

• One-on-One Tutoring in Math and Writing
• Research Techniques
• Assignment Assistance
• Citation formats and documenting of sources
• Student Learning Assessment
• Online Tutoring Services
• Study Skills
• Workshops in Math and Writing

The Title V / Learning Enhancement Center is comprised of experienced professionals trained and carefully selected to provide academic services and support for all MCNY students.

In addition, The Center will provide ongoing faculty development and assist faculty in redesigning learning environments to optimize student learning. The Learning Enhancement Center is open to all students and faculty.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Learning Enhancement Center is to maximize students' academic potential in writing, math, and study skills by providing tutoring in a supportive and technology-enabled learning environment. To fulfill the mission of the Learning Enhancement Center, our goals are to:

• Address the academic needs of the MCNY community through the ongoing assessment of student learning in writing and math;
• Promote the practices of pre-writing, drafting, revising and editing as essential stages of the writing process;
• Enable students to improve their math competency and quantitative reasoning skills;
• Support faculty and staff in their integration of critical thinking and writing across the curriculum;
• Foster independent learning and learning as a life-long process.

About Title V

Title V is a federally funded grant specifically designed for strengthening Hispanic-serving institutions.
For more info visit the Federal Title V grant site

Hours, Location, and Contact Information

Hours:
Monday-Friday 10am-7pm
Saturday: 10am-4pm

Location:
Metropolitan College of New York
431 Canal Street, Room 1278
New York, New York 10013

Contact info:
Email:

Phone:
(212) 343-1234 ext. 2438

Fax: (646) 613-2991

Call to schedule an appointment:
Math: (212) 343-1234 ext. 2416 / 2449
Writing: (212) 343-1234 ext. 2418 / 2428

Administrative Staff

Jaya Kannan, Ph.D., Title V/LEC Director
, ext.2429

Sandra Ariza, Assistant to the Director
, ext 2438

Larry Lutsky, Ph.D., Research Analyst
, ext 2445

Fenfei Ouyang, Educational Technologist
, ext 2446

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