PACT (Performance Assistance through Coaching & Tutoring)

PACT (Performance Assistance through Coaching and Tutoring) is a program of support for first-year students who are identified by Admissions as applicants who would benefit from PACT requirements. This is based on their academic credentials prior to entering Georgian Court, including application and supplemental data (such as high school GPA and SAT/ACT test scores). PACT is designed to improve students’ transition to the demands of the university environment through support from their PACT coach. Students learn how to navigate and use the university's resources to help them persist and retain. 

1. Students accepted under PACT must attend a PACT orientation during regular New Student Orientation. During this time, students will meet their PACT coach and schedule their weekly appointment times.
2. Students accepted under PACT have the following requirements of two hours per week for one academic year (September–May):
   • Students must attend one scheduled hour per week with a PACT coach.
   • Students must choose one hour each week from the following:
     1. Writing Center,
     2. Peer tutoring/Supplemental Instruction,
     3. Math Lounge,
     4. TRIO–SSS counseling,
     5. EOF counseling, or
     6. Graduate Student Mentoring Program.
   • Students must attend supplemental workshops and events, as required.
     Attendance at sessions will be tracked by the PACT coach, the peer tutor coordinator, and directors of other support services. 
3. Students with an overall GPA below 2.0 will be evaluated by the Academic Standards Committee at the end of each semester. Compliance with PACT requirements will be one of the factors considered in probation and dismissal decisions.