student support

Help for learners

Student support refers to services and resources that help students succeed academically and personally.

This includes tutoring, counseling, financial aid offices, disability accommodations, and mental health services.

The term appears frequently in educational contexts: The university expanded its student support programs after seeing rising dropout rates.

Student support may also describe informal help from peers or family.

Opposites
recipient of support

student supportteacher support

Assistance for educators

professional development · employee assistance · administrative support

direction of institutional action

student supportacademic probation

Conditional student standing for underperformance

expulsion · student evaluation

educational relationship

student supportcourse requirements

academic rigor

Family

student, support, students, study, studied, studying, studious, studiously, studio

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G