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Educational Advisement Program provides students with both curricular and educational advisement, monitoring, guiding, and referring students as they progress through the college experience.

The Freshman Year Experience Program provides a first-year program of freshmen seminar courses that include Introduction to Higher Education (DVST 150), Learning Strategies (DVST 160), and Career Exploration (DVST 170).  These 1-credit courses may be taken individually or as a package, depending on the student's needs and interests.

First-Year Seminars are courses that introduce new college students to the expectations and requirements of higher education.  Students who participate in First-Year Seminars are more likely to experience academic success and personal satisfaction at a university.

• CUSP-Early Entrance Experience

• CUSP-Plus

• The Fall Experience

Linked Courses Program coordinates clusters of 2, 3, or 4 courses designed to form a learning community of students for whom course content may be linked by theme, with applied reading strategies, with math, with applied learning strategies and/or with Supplemental Instruction.

Act 101 Program provides a comprehensive first-year experience to students who qualify for the Pennsylvania State Act 101 Program.  The program includes educational and developmental advising, the first-year experience courses, academic courses in math and/or critical reading skills, and the services of the Peer Assistance Programs.

R. Benjamin Wiley Partnership Program is a multi-year outreach program that prepares students from urban high schools in Pennsylvania to attend college.  Successful students are invited to matriculate through the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education universities, a large number of whom enroll at IUP.

Paraprofessional Peer Educator Program prepares selected students for the role of paraprofessional peer educator within the higher education setting.  Roles include SI Leaders, Peer Tutors, Workshop Leaders, and Peer Advisors.