History
REACH was created in the 2000 fall semester as a direct result of the elimination of developmental education, and marked the beginning of more selective admissions for the UofL. In 2000-01 and 2001-02, REACH existed as a unit with three divisions. These included a small appointment tutoring program and a Supplemented Instruction Program, both academic support programs for any undergraduate student which had formerly been part of the Division of Transitional Studies. And in addition, REACH included an advising unit for undecided majors and a Pathways to Success Program offering developmental courses through the Jefferson Community College for UofL students.
In 2002-03 and 2004-05, under new leadership, REACH developed a mission statement focusing on REACH's academic support. This new mission separated REACH from both the advising and Pathways to Success Programs which continued to exist under Undergraduate Studies. Over these past two years, REACH has expanded and refined its tutoring services and created several new retention programs to emerge in it's current form for 2005-06, the centralized and primary academic support unit for UofL's undergraduate students.
