Mission: Centers for Academic Success (CAS) provides quality academic assistance to foster student independent learning and overall academic success.

Vision: Centers for Academic Success is a student-focused resource for student learning and achievement: 

• Fostering students’ academic self-efficacy and personal accountability for their own learning
• Providing resources and opportunities to students to improve their ability to learn and to achieve academic success
• Helping students develop positive attitudes about learning and demonstrate higher-order cognitive thinking skills
• Supporting the academic standards and requirements of the institution by working collaboratively with college faculty and staff to maximize student success, and address
• learning needs, academic performance, and retention of students
• Providing tutor training opportunities to promote quality services, collegiality, and professionalism to a diverse student population

Values: CSN’s Centers for Academic Success strives for quality student success services. As such, we value:

• Students
• CAS Staff
• Faculty
• Learning
• Institution

Student Learning Outcomes:

• Student Persistence & Academic Achievement
• Cognitive Complexity
• Knowledge Acquisition Integration & Application
• Inter/Intrapersonal Competence

Seven Principles of Student Success
CAS Model for Strategic Planning & Initiatives