Yale courses are rigorous, and at times can provide a challenge for students. Instructors can help students succeed by directing them to available resources to best support their learning.
When these resources are endorsed in the syllabus, students are more likely to use them throughout the semester. This page highlights the most frequently used Yale support services, and instructors are welcome to adapt its language and links for their syllabi.
The Yale Academic Strategies Program has created a video (also displayed below) to help first-year students and others adjusting to college learn how to read and interpret college syllabi. Visit their First Year at Yale webpage to watch more videos on supporting students’ transition into Yale.
The Yale College Writing Center offers free, one-on-one writing tutoring programs for all Yale undergrads. Residential College Writing Tutors and drop-in Writing Partners can work with you at any point in the writing process to discuss any piece of writing you’re working on. International students and other eligible students can also be matched with the same writing partner for multiple sessions. Contact Paula Rawlins, Assistant Director for Undergraduate Writing and Tutoring, for more information: paula.rawlins@yale.edu
The Graduate Writing Lab in the Poorvu Center offers free, one-on-one writing consultations for all Yale graduate students. Students in this course are encouraged to meet with a GWL Fellow for feedback at any stage in the writing process. GWL workshops, peer review groups, and study halls offer additional opportunities to develop your writing and presentation skills. Book a consultation online.
The Poorvu Center provides QR and Science tutoring for every field in Yale College. Course-based Peer Tutors or Undergraduate Learning Assistants provide most STEM tutoring. Students should check their syllabi and Canvas pages for more information about how to meet with their assigned tutors. Students taking courses without access to course-based peer tutors can see the Residential College Science and QR tutors or can request an individual STEM tutor by contacting Dr. Kailasnath Purushothaman: kailasnath.purushothaman@yale.edu
The Yale Center for Language Study offers language tutoring for all Yale students. Undergraduate students enrolled in language classes during the academic year can request free one-on-one tutoring with a CLS Tutor. Any Yale student - whether undergraduate, graduate, or professional - can attend free weekly American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Latin, Russian and Spanish tutoring drop-in sessions.
Through workshops, small peer mentor groups, and 1-1 mentoring sessions, the Academic Strategies Program offers support to help you thrive academically at Yale. Topics we discuss include transitioning to college-level courses, time management, strategies for reading, approaching problem sets, and studying for exams, and navigating Yale’s hidden curriculum–the set of unwritten rules and expectations unique to Yale’s institutional culture. Academic Strategies also offers coaching support for students with learning differences, disabilities, and other conditions that can affect learning For more information, join the ASP YaleConnect page or contact them at academic.strategies@yale.edu.
Student Accessibility Services facilitates individualized accommodations for undergraduate, graduate and professional school students with disabilities and documented learning differences, and work to remove barriers which may prevent full participation in the University community. Call 203-432-2324 or email sas@yale.edu for an appointment.
The Yale College Writing Center offers 3 free, one-on-one writing tutoring programs for all Yale undergrads.
The Graduate Writing Lab(link is external) in the Poorvu Center offers free, one-on-one writing consultations for all Yale graduate students.
Course-based Peer Tutors provide most STEM tutoring. Students should check their syllabi and Canvas pages for more information about how to meet with their assigned tutors.
The Yale Center for Language Study offers language tutoring for all Yale students.
Through workshops, small peer mentor groups, and 1-1 mentoring sessions, the Academic Strategies Program offers support to help you thrive academically at Yale.
Student Accessibility Services facilitates individualized accommodations for undergraduate, graduate and professional school students.
Below are a number of resources you can share with your students to support their mental health and wellness. You might consider including a preamble to these resources on your syllabus, such as “Your well-being is important to me. Please know you are part of a broad community of support at Yale. I encourage you to explore and take advantage of the following resources to support your wellness and mental health throughout your time at Yale.” Visit this page for additional ideas to make well-being a pedagogical priority in your course.
YC3 is a program available to undergraduates to support their mental health and wellness. In addition to the treatment that remains available to students in the department of Mental Health and Counseling, the YC3 program offers students options for support through its College Care Clinicians and Community Wellness Specialists. All of them meet with individual students and with groups. Along with their own services, they provide a pathway for students who are thinking about pursuing more formal, ongoing therapy through Mental Health and Counseling. Students can schedule YC3 appointments directly.
College Care Clinicians are licensed clinical social workers and psychologists who are available to meet with students in locations near the residential colleges for drop-in clinical care. The YC3 clinicians are part of the Mental Health and Counseling staff, and meetings with them are confidential. They also work closely with the rest of the YC3 team on common issues and community programming. Students who may be struggling a bit but may not necessarily need ongoing therapy through Yale Mental Health and Counseling (YMHC) or need appointments while they are waiting to be matched with YMHC clinicians may want to contact them at college.care.clinicians@yale.edu
Community Wellness Specialists are available to meet in the residential colleges with students who want to work on practical strategies for overall well-being such as developing a good sleep schedule, healthy eating and exercise, holistic time management, goal setting, and finding balance. They are part of Yale College’s Student Affairs Office and work together with heads, deans, first-year counselors, and peer liaisons as members of the residential college’s support team. The tools and approaches they offer can be used alongside therapy or on their own. The YC3 specialists can also connect students to other resources throughout the university. They can be reached through this email: community.wellness.specialists@yale.edu
Yale Well is the student wellness program for Yale University. It serves as a centralized resource for students to learn how to improve their well-being and manage stress, identify clinical resources, and find community. For more information, visit yalewell.yale.edu
Yale Mental Health and Counseling offers treatment to students who would like to pursue formal therapy in a clinical setting, and the recent staff expansion makes it easier and faster for students to be seen. Students can always call (203) 432-0290 during regular business hours to schedule appointments. They can also call that same number any time, day or night, to speak to a clinician immediately.
YC3 is a program available to undergraduates to support their mental health and wellness.
College Care Clinicians are licensed clinical social workers and psychologists who are available to meet with students in locations near the residential colleges.
Community Wellness Specialists are available to meet in the residential colleges with students who want to work on practical strategies for overall well-being.
Yale Well is the student wellness program for Yale University. It serves as a centralized resource for students to learn how to improve their well-being and manage stress.
Students can always call (203) 432-0290 during regular business hours to schedule appointments. They can also call that same number any time, day or night.