LSCHE - Searchable FAQ

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LSCHE is the only web portal dedicated exclusively as an Open Educational Resource (OER) to Learning Support Centers in Higher Education.

LSCHE ultimately evolved from a collection of handwritten notes related to postsecondary learning that was started in 1965 by Frank Christ, then Director of the Loyola University Study Skills Center.

During a conversation in 1996 with Rick Sheets, Director of the Paradise Valley College Learning Assistance Center and a Co-director of the Winter Institutes for Learning Assistance professionals, LSCHE/WI was developed as a cooperative venture between Maricopa County Community College District and the University Learning Center at the University of Arizona where Frank Christ was a Visiting Scholar. Sheets provided the expertise and resources as its webmaster to develop the web site and Christ became its content editor.

For more on the origin of LSCHE, see our Nearby History page.

LSCHE went live in 1997 with Rick Sheets as webmaster and Frank Christ as content editor.

For more on the origin of LSCHE, see our Nearby History page.

LSCHE is FREE, FREE, FREE!

LSCHE does not have memberships. Anyone can use LSCHE as often as desired.

Yes! If one of these categories fits you:

• Learning center directors,
• Learning center staff,
• Tutors
• Peer mentors
• Peer cooperative learning leaders
• Academic coaches
• Students
• Learning assistance professionals
• Higher education administrators
• Faculty
• Researchers
• Educational historians
• Anyone interested in student success in higher education!

LSCHE does not accept advertising. We do link to companies in the appropriate areas of LSCHE (e.g., online tutoring) that offer products or services that learning assistance professionals find of value. We also acknowledge the generous technical assistance of Tutor Matching Service on the prior version of LSCHE.

Feel free to mention LSCHE when chatting with colleagues and writing informal reports. In manuscripts for publication, of course, you should use the citation style required by the publisher.

Send us an email using the 'Contact Webmaster' link in the footer at the bottom of any page on LSCHE.