Academic Center for Excellence

The Academic Center for Excellence (ACE) is a multifaceted center designed to assist students in learning and in strengthening academic skills. ACE serves the needs of all students in traditionally challenging courses across the colleges. Tutoring is provided individually or in small group settings by trained peer tutors who have met the center’s academic criteria. Under the direction of a full-time director, the knowledge and competencies of this elite group of peer tutors help students at UT ensure their academic success. Tutoring is done on a walk-in basis and is free to all UT students.

Through individual assistance or the ASK 100 course, taught by the director and associate director, ACE provides support in test anxiety, organization skills, motivation issues, test-taking, note-taking, goal-setting and time management.

The CLEP testing service allows students to receive college credit by earning qualifying scores on any one of more than 34 CLEP examinations. More than 2,900 colleges and universities in the United States will recognize comprehensive subject knowledge acquired through independent or prior study, cultural pursuits, special interests, internships or professional development. Each CLEP exam can earn 3–6 college credits (more for foreign languages). CLEP testing is by appointment only through ACE. For more information, visit www.ut.edu/ace.