# Academic Resources ## expand\_more ##### **Academic Resource Center (ARC)** [The Academic Resource Center (ARC)](https://academicresourcecenter.harvard.edu/) helps create conditions for optimizing student learning by providing a range of support services that draw on research in the behavioral and learning sciences. Students have access to academic coaching, accountability sessions, peer tutoring, ESL peer conversations, and workshops. Academic coaches work with students to help them bring out their academic best. Through one-on-one sessions, accountability groups and hours, and group workshops, academic coaches introduce students to techniques for managing time, reading strategically, studying effectively, building better habits, and much more. They also assist students with prioritizing goals, creating accountability structures, customizing their learning environment, connecting with instructional staff, and finding the resources they need. ##### **Fellowship and Writing Center (FWC)** [The Fellowships & Writing Center (FWC)](https://gsas.harvard.edu/office/fellowships-writing-center) helps GSAS students to heighten the impact of their research. At the FWC, students can work with specialists on their writing and presentational skills, whether in the context of composing a fellowship proposal, working on a dissertation chapter, preparing an article for publication, or refining a conference presentation. Students can come to the FWC for individual consultations, peer workshops, and other programming, including the [Writing Oasis](https://gsas.harvard.edu/academics/writing/writing-oasis), which connects you with small writing groups that meet weekly and are designed to provide community and accountability. ##### **Disability Access Office (DAO)** [The Disability Access Office (DAO)](https://gsas.harvard.edu/resource/disability-access-office) partners with FAS students with visible and invisible disabilities to identify barriers and implement plans for access. Through collaboration with the campus community, we foster an environment of equity and inclusion. **Download** [**DAO At a Glance Flyer**](https://bbsphd.hms.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum5321/files/2025-07/DAO%20At%20a%20Glance.pdf)**.** ##### **iThenticate** Harvard Griffin GSAS PhD and master’s students have access to [iThenticate](http://ithenticate.harvard.edu/), a web-based application that enables authors to compare their manuscripts, grant proposals, and other writing against web and scholarly publications to check for similar or duplicate content.