Academic Resource Center

Supporting Academic Excellence

Our approach is 100 percent student centered. Our goal is to help students make meaningful interventions at every stage of the academic life cycle, understanding that academic support is an essential good for all learners. We work to help students cultivate within themselves the skills necessary to manage competing demands, to deal productively with setbacks, and to approach with enthusiasm challenging situations both in and beyond the classroom.

Other Resources

Center for Career Education

Partner with CCE to explore career options, prepare for internships and jobs, build connections and design your next steps.

Help Rooms

We have help rooms for math, chemistry, physics, statistics, and writing that are open to all students.

Core Curriculum

The Core Curriculum is the set of common courses required of all undergraduates and considered the necessary general education for students, irrespective of their choice in major. 

Center for Teaching and Learning

CTL partners with faculty, students, and colleagues across the University to support excellence and innovation in teaching and learning.

Meet the Team

  • Dean Remedios Bloom joined Columbia GS in 2014 as part of a team tasked with expanding academic support programming for GS students.  She now directs the Academic Resource Center in addition to overseeing the Dean of Students Office's student success initiatives. Her teaching experience includes college writing, literature, and (at Columbia) Contemporary Civilization.  She holds a B.A. in English literature and political science from Washington University in St. Louis and a Ph.D. in English literature from the City University of New York, with research interests including cultural memory, British modernism, and literature for children and young adults.

    Contact Us

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    601 W 111th St and Broadway, Second Floor
    New York, NY 10025

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    (212) 854-4097