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The following services support students in their efforts to maximize their talents and achieve their fullest potential for growth.
During registration students meet with an advisor to discuss academic programs. Once classes begin, academic advisors monitor students' progress to ensure the achievement of their educational goals.
Orientation provides new students with information regarding the services available at the College. The program acquaints students with their peers and faculty, helps students feel comfortable in their new surroundings, and encourages them to become active participants in campus life.
Berkeley has developed multiple orientation programs designed to meet the specific needs of incoming students, whether day or evening, just out of high school or adult, attending on-site or online.
Orientation is mandatory. It is available online for both evening and online students. A second orientation session for day students focuses on support services.
Berkeley provides a variety of career development and placement services. This full-service division includes more than 20 professionals who actively pursue internships and job opportunities for Berkeley interns and graduates.
To help students improve their academic performance and achieve their educational goals, Berkeley has established Academic Support Centers. These facilities provide an array of academic support services such as workshops on study skill techniques and time management. Peer and faculty tutoring are available online and on-site. The tutoring program has been awarded Level I College and Reading Learning Association (CRLA) program certification.
In an effort to ensure academic success, the College has implemented an early warning, mid-quarter progress report, and late warning monitoring system designed to identify students experiencing academic difficulties. Those students then are referred to a staff member of the Advisement Office for appropriate intervention, which may include counseling, tutoring, and/or extra-help sessions and assignments. The administration may recommend dismissal for those students who are not able to maintain satisfactory academic progress.
The Advisement Office will assist students who wish to enter the upper division at Berkeley and/or transfer credits to other colleges.
Berkeley College recognizes the value of counseling services and has professional counselors available to work on a short-term basis with students individually or as a group. When appropriate, referral to outside treatment is provided.
Services are available to all enrolled students and are designed to assist students with social, emotional, or academic issues so that they are able to remain in school and benefit from their educational opportunities. In addition, the Student Development and Campus Life Department frequently offers special seminars, based on student needs, interests, and demands.
Berkeley College, in accordance with section 504 of the Americans with Disabilities Act, provides eligible students with documented disabilities equal education opportunities and participation. While students are expected to meet the College’s academic standards and requirements, the College encourages students with documented disabilities who seek accommodations to submit the documentation early in the application process so that the documentation may be assessed and interpreted and services arranged in a timely manner.
The Library supports research and study; enhances classroom teaching; and provides socially and intellectually enriching materials in all relevant formats to the Berkeley community. The Library web pages offer on- and off-campus access to online catalogs, periodical databases, reference tools, internet search engines, current assignments, tutorials, and electronic reference services. Each Library is staffed with librarians committed to teaching independent research and information literacy skills.
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