CATS
WHY CATS?
All major colleges spend a lot of time, effort and money recruiting student-athletes. All coaches and athletics administrations express concern for the recruit's education. Most schools use athletic funds freely to build better athletic facilities to attract better athletes. The problem is that those same schools would find it unbearable to spend those same large sums on an academic facilty. Our philosophy at the University of Kentucky is that colleges should be willing to provide funds not only to recruit the athletes and develop their physical talents, but also to afford the student-athlete every opportunity to succeed academically.
equipped with tutoring and small group rooms. Our center was specifically designed to meet the study needs of student-athletes.
The CATS Center is open all day and until 10:00 each night. This means that student-athletes at Kentucky are not restricted to attending required study hall virtually any time of day. Research has shown that the best time to study is immediately after class. Our center provides the student-athletes the opportunity to study at that time. This is definitely a CATS advantage.
4. TUTORING  We have tutors available for any subject. Our tutors come from the University and the community. We utilize the services of professors, graduate students and graduates who are well-qualified. We screen our tutors and although we hire many more than we need, we develop a core list of those most effective with our students. This core group works closely with us and thus we are able to monitor the progress of the student-athletes more closely. CATS Provides the proper atmosphere for tutoring. Sound proof rooms are available where the student and the tutor can meet. They don't have to worry about being bothered by others or bothering others while discussing important concepts. Our system is most conducive to learning.
5.   READING COMPONENT  The
reading program at CATS is designed to meet the needs of all student-athletes. Upon entering the University each student-athlete is given a reading test that measures that individual's strengths and weaknesses. Based upon the results, a student-athlete may be encouraged to participate in the reading program.
which provides both individual and small-group tutoring in a variety of areas such as reading improvement and advanced vocabulary development. It is the goal of the reading program to provide student-athletes with tools necessary to become more effective readers and studiers.
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