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Lynn University
Boca Raton FL
Lynn University - 20th Anniversary
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Laura Vann
Media Relations Specialist
561-237-7967
lvann@lynn.edu
www.lynn.edu
For the past 20 years, Lynn University has been offering services to assist students with learning differences. In 2002, Lynn's Institute for Achievement and Learning was founded to offer those students opportunities for greater accomplishments in higher education and career realization by providing them with a tutoring center, testing center, and assistive technology services.
"What makes the institute unique is that we have always been cutting edge with our approach to learning," said Marsha Glines, dean of the Institute for Achievement and Learning.
"Over the years we have incorporated the work of Howard Gardner and Mel Levine, Project Zero research and a pedagogy that has embraced metacognition [teaching students to understand how they learn] long before most colleges were thinking about learning. Most were still only assessing teaching."
Prior to the institute, Lynn initiated The Advancement Program (TAP) from 1991 through 2002. The program was created to offer academic support and tutoring services to students with diagnosed learning differences. Glines helped build TAP, and what is now the institute, from the ground up.
"In 1991 I was the only person involved," said Glines. "TAP began with approximately 11 students. Now, the institute enrolls 300. "
Aside from student growth, other changes include:
" Group tutoring to encourage socialization - Lynn's institute has incorporated a new strategy called "SIpriming" where staff meet with students before class to scaffold the themes, dialogue readings and content for the upcoming class. One-on-one tutoring in content areas is still offered.
" Free diagnostic evaluations - the institute now provides free diagnostic evaluations, including psycho educational testing for any full-time Lynn student.
" Lynn Diagnostic Center for Educational Assessment - The center is open to the public. It provides testing and learning strategies for pre-kindergarten through postgraduate students.
" Staff growth - The institute now has 14 full-time staff members with diverse backgrounds, including social/clinical work; a senior ADHD coach; and a Ph.D. in neuropsychology.
" Longer hours - To provide the support students have requested, the Institute is now open seven days a week.
"Many students who learn in nontraditional ways - for whom writing and math may not be strengths - have great potential in other areas," said Glines. "The gift for all of us at the institute is watching students considered academically "damaged" by traditional school systems, become able to compete, to find their strengths and most importantly learn in what area or domain those strengths need to be directed for academic and career success."
The mission of Lynn University today is the same mission that has defined the institution through its first 46 years and that will continue to define it in the future. Our mission is to provide the education, support, and environment that enable individual students to realize their full potential and to prepare for success in the world.
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