Academics

Reading Center

The Reading Center at Salem State University is a student-centered environment that is designed to help with skill deficiencies, enhance comprehension levels, and fortify content area study skills and test taking abilities. The goal of the lab is the academic success of all students by engaging them in active reading comprehension strategies that allow them to gain and transfer meaning from text to the demands of college level tasks. Using college textbooks and materials, students will work on any of the following combination of active reading skills:

       Pre-reading strategies

• Topic and Topic Sentences
• Summary and Response
• Structure and Development of the Sentence, Paragraph, or Essay
• Vocabulary Development . Theme and Thesis . Research and Documentation
• Critical Reading and Thinking
• Study and Test-Taking Strategies

The Reading Center also assists students who have not passed the reading competency requirement. Individualized support instruction is given to students in order to enhance the basic reading skills that are assessed on the competency requirement. Students may walk-in or make an appointment during regular academic hours.  

Contact Information:
Rebecca Dean, Student Academic Support Services
Telephone: 978.542.6717
Fax: 978.542.6214
Email Address: rdean@salemstate.edu