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Services

Tutorial and Academic Assistance

The university provides complimentary tutorial and academic assistance through the Center for Academic Support. Instructional help is also available from faculty members during faculty office hours. SMARTHINKING is a 24/7 online tutorial program available to all JWU students.

Students With Disabilities

Students with learning, physical or other disabilities requesting accommodations, including housing accommodations, and students who will need additional help in case of an emergency should contact the Center for Academic Support . Students requesting accommodations may be asked to provide documentation of their disability, which supports the need for the requested accommodation.

Technical Standards

Some programs of study at the university have technical standards . Students with disabilities who require accommodations to meet technical standards must contact the Center for Academic Support to request an accommodation as provided above.

Service Animals

JWU encourages students who have service animals to notify the Center for Academic Support on their campus so that the center is able to work with students in alerting and communicating with campus partners, including faculty, and in providing additional support and accommodations, as appropriate, to promote access to JWU. Students with service animals will also need to obtain a copy of the university's Care and Responsibility of Service Animals Procedure.

Emotional Support Animals

Students seeking to bring an emotional support animal into campus housing must meet with an advisor from the Center for Academic Support on their campus to determine if this is a reasonable accommodation. Students may be asked to provide documentation of their disability, which supports the need for an emotional support animal. Emotional support animals are not permitted in any area other than the student's assigned residence hall room. Students with an emotional support animal will also need to obtain a copy of the university's Care and Responsibility of Emotional Support Animals Procedure .

Review of Accommodation Decisions

Any student with a complaint or grievance about an accommodation decision should submit a written request for review of the decision to the Title IX Coordinator (who also serves as the university’s nondiscrimination coordinator and Section 504 coordinator), Matthias Rubekeil , 8 Abbott Park Place, Providence, RI, 02903, 401-598-2703.