CATS
Center for Academic ^Tutorial
Services
what is cats?
CATS is specifically the Center for Academic and Tutorial Services. It is a multipurpose academic facility. We are proud to be the first university in the nation to open an academic center for student-athletes. We, like all other universities, tell parents and recruits that the student-athlete's education is of utmost importance. The difference is that at the University of Kentucky we have made a sincere effort to provide the best possible educational environment, one that is conducive to academic success.
CATS provides our student-athletes with many advantages over the student-athletes at other universities. Examine the list below:
1. ADVISING  It is not unusual for freshman student-athletes to be confused about courses, campus, or any number of academic procedures. In addition to our study center, the CATS facility houses the office of the Assistant Affairs, a full-time assistant, a Reading Coordinator and four Academic Graduate Assistants (AGA's). These trained staff members are there for one purpose  to help the student-athlete mature academically. Our goal is to help student-athletes be successful out of the arena of athletic competition.
2. STUDY SKILLS  CATS provides us with an area where we can conduct organized weekly study skills classes. Many schools give their student-athletes a crash course in study skills. This is not enough. We have a Freshman Orientation Handbook and Study Skills workbook that each freshman student-athlete receives. The student-athletes attend organized classes in CATS, where they learn to utilize proven classroom study skills and university resources.
3. STUDY HALL  Most major colleges have required study hall for their freshmen student-athletes. These study halls are almost always in the evening after practice and are held in a campus facility borrowed by the Athletics Association. This is probably the time period least conducive to study or meeting with tutors.
NOT AT KENTUCKY!
The CATS facility not only provides us with our own large area for quiet study but is also
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