ThinkingStorm (24/7 Online Tutoring)

Students have access to virtual professional tutors online 24/7.

Students can make appointments by accessing ThinkingStorm Tutoring Services in their Brightspace course.

ThinkingStorm is an online tutoring platform utilized by many colleges. It provides 24/7 access to professional tutors online for many subject areas from  STEM, to Economics, and Writing in all disciplines

Our Purchase Student Tutors are not available during finals. Online tutoring, including writing, is available through ThinkingStorm. ThinkingStorm is accessed through your Brightspace course.

ThinkingStorm is available to all students via Purchase Brightspace. Log in and go to the Navbar to locate the link.

Learning Center Tutoring

The Learning Center offers a comprehensive system of support during the fall and spring academic terms, ranging from help in a specific course to detailed instruction in writing and study skills. The primary modes of support are peer-based individual and group tutoring.

Students may schedule a maximum of one 45-minute appointment per day and up to three 45-minute appointments per week, in any combination of in-person or virtual sessions and Online Writing Lab (OWL) submissions. OWLs allow students to email a written assignment to a tutor who will return your paper with written feedback asynchronously.

Peer Tutors

There are 12 Purchase College Peer Tutors in the Learning Center available for virtual appointments to provide support for writing and other more specific Purchase subject areas, as well as time management.

Einstein Corner Tutoring

The Einstein Corner, located in the Natural Science Building, Room 3046, offers tutoring in science and mathematics. 

Natural Science Peer Tutors

Tutors undergo a rigorous review and training process to ensure that they are qualified.

The Pareto Improvement Unit (Economics Tutoring)

The Pareto Improvement Unit provides students with free tutoring assistance in economics. The Economics Faculty handpicks tutors at the beginning of every semester. The PImU is intended to provide students taking economics courses with additional and alternative instruction, tutoring, and mentoring.

The Pareto Improvement Unit is located in room 1018 of the Social Sciences Building, where students can also consult copies of the textbooks used in different economics courses. No appointments are required. Feel free to meet with the tutors in person or to contact them by email. Get more information on tutoring in economics.

Online Resources and Handouts

The Learning Center webpage as an array of excellent guides and handouts that are available for faculty to use and share with their students. These include:

  • Adjusting to Online Learning
  • Time Management and Study Skills
  • Writing
  • Citations
  • Grammar and Punctuation