Accountability: Responsible Academic Assistance

BrainMass has taken the academic high road in providing an environment for students to access assistance with their studies.

With an average of just 4 or 5 office hours each week, the in-class teaching assistant is simply not available when panic time comes for students. Now BrainMass has become an outlet for the stress that comes with utter confusion over academic concepts. Instead of experiencing hopeless frustration at 2:00 am the night before a final exam, students can grasp seemingly impossible concepts with our pool of Online TAs at their fingertips.

What is happening now when students are working through difficult assignments and find themselves totally stumped, unable to even start a problem or paper? It would seem that, as exasperation builds, the confused turn to untrained fellow students for partial explanations at best and blind copying at worst. As an alternative, every student may now tap into a brilliant mind so that, come final exam time, each will have been able to work through problems step-by-step and have gained a real understanding of the material.

The system is not intended to replace the many services already provided by professors and teaching assistants. It is intended to supplement the learning process by offering more timely and direct access to graduate-level assistance.

Whether studying for a mid-term with sample problems or working on assignments to be submitted, it is the access to higher-level knowledge at the key moment that ultimately decides how well a student is able to understand complex concepts.

And what about the thousands of students taking university level courses over the internet? Is the university currently able to offer any personal assistance to those working full-time jobs, squeezing in study hours late at night miles away from any campus? BrainMass' Online TAs are always available to offer step-by-step explanations to even the most difficult or obscure academic queries.

With BrainMass' Solution Library service, students are able to access tens of thousands of sample study material. Imagine downloading sample problems with every complex concept explained in glorious detail. Then imagine 50% of the low cost charged for each download going straight into the hands of graduate students struggling to meet rising tuition costs. BrainMass is harnessing today's communication technology to make this a reality.

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