Academic Development - Carnegie Mellon University

Welcome to Academic Development!

We pride ourselves on helping you get the most out of your academic efforts while creating a positive learning experience. We offer a wide variety of free support services including academic counseling in study strategies, peer tutoring, supplemental instruction, and EXCEL collaborative learning groups. We also publish a series of study skills pamphlets called Fast Facts and Freshmen Fast Facts that provide useful tips and strategies.

Meet our staff while browsing the site and contact us with any questions you may have about our services.


News and announcements

Upcoming Workshops

It's a new semester, are you ...

  • Facing new challenges and opportunities?
  • Worried that you’ll fall into the same habits that hurt you last semester?
  • Determined to have a more successful spring term?

If any of these apply to you then you could benefit from registering for one of the following dates of the "Getting Off on the Right Foot Workshop":

Tuesday, Feb. 7
4:30-6:00pm
Cyert B6-A

Register now...




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Dr. Zimmerman's Tuesday Tip

"Happiness doesn't depend on the actual number of blessings we manage to scratch from life, only our attitude towards them."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Reprinted with permission from Dr. Zimmerman's "Tuesday Tip," a weekly Internet newsletter. www.DrZimmerman.com


Spring 2012 Schedules