At Carlow University, we know that students sometimes need help on their educational journeys. Carlow offers these support services.

Center for Academic Achievement (CAA)
The CAA, located in Grace Library, Room 427, offers tutoring and workshop opportunities for adult students including scheduling evening appointment hours, primarily in writing and mathematics. Center staff and tutors also work with students to develop study and testing strategies, note taking, research skills, goal setting, time management, and computing basics. Because so much of the CAP and WEC coursework for adults is fast paced and compressed, it is best for adult students to seek assistance from the CAA as early as possible at 412-578-6146.

Coursework for Adults Returning to College
The Center for Academic Achievement offers three courses for adult students who are beginning college for the first time or who have a limited number of transfer credits and would benefit from essential skills development before continuing with Carlow’s curriculum. These courses are: CAA 105: College Study Strategies; CAA 150: Adults Returning to College; and CAA 151: Mathematics Fundamentals. For more information about these courses, please call the Center for Academic Achievement at 412-578-6146.

Admissions and Placement Testing
Applicants to the University may be required to take either admissions or placement tests. For more information about the testing process, the format of the tests, and the guidelines that specify who tests, please contact the Adult Degree Center at 412-578-6092.

The Center for Career and Professional Enrichment
The Center for Career and Professional Enrichment is committed to offering a comprehensive career development program consisting of programs and services designed to ensure that students and alumnae of Carlow make successful transitions from education to employment. Personal assistance is provided in the areas of exploring career options, identifying and developing
employment skills, gaining career-related experience, and planning and completing successful job or graduate school searches.

The Center for Career and Professional Enrichment has implemented an online posting system to house internship, employment (on and off campus), volunteer, and scholarship/fellowship opportunities received in our office. The listings are updated daily and employers are able to have opportunities posted at no cost. For more information, please call the Center for Career and Professional Enrichment at 412-578-6067.

Community Education
The Office of Community Education at Carlow University is home to the New Choices/New Options and Adult Basic and Literacy Education Program. More information about the Office of Community Education, please call 412-821-9504.