About ACTLA
ACTLA was organized in 1973 with the purpose of improving tutorial programs and services in California Community Colleges. The first conference was held at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria on May 2, 1974. Through 1983 the organization was called the California Community College Tutorial Association. Beginning in 1984, with the intention of including all institutions of higher education in California, the name changed to the Association of California Colleges for Tutoring and Learning Assistance or ACCTLA. In the summer of 2002 a strategic planning committee of the executive board approved a final name change to the Association of Colleges for Tutoring and Learning Assistance or ACTLA. More than 30 years after its inception ACTLA now is a national organization but retains its original purpose: improving tutorial programs and related services.

36^th  Annual Conference
Friday, April 23, 2010

Doing More with Less:
Tutoring & Learning Assistance during Fiscally Trying Times
A "Virtual-Plus-More" Conference
Conference Details | Second Call for a Proposal
Keynote Speaker

Dr. Frank Christ

 Zero Budgeting: How to do More with Significantly Less Money

Frank was the director of the CSU Long Beach Summer Institutes (1985-1989), the co-director/coordinator of the Arizona Winter Institutes (1991-2003) and has been actively involved with learning assistance for the past 35 years. He was the founder and past coordinator (1972-1990) of the award-winning Learning Assistance Support System at CSU Long Beach. He is the author of  the first computer-based diagnostic and prescriptive study skills survey, six study skills textbooks, and many articles on learning assistance, study skills, and technology as it impacts on teaching and student learning. In recent years, Frank has been involved in on-line course development and teaching as well as presenting workshops on learning support for online student/learners.
 

Frank is a past president of the College Reading and Learning Association. His editorial contributions include guest editor and contributor to the Jossey-Bass New Directions for Learning Assistance series (1981), founding columnist (1981-87) of the Journal of Developmental Education "Techtalk" Series, co-editor of Starting up a Learning Assistance Center: Conversations With CRLA Members Who Have Been There and Done That (2000), co-author of 100 Things Every Online Student Ought To Know. (2003), and of Online Student Skills and Strategies Handbook (2006).  In addition, Frank is a Founding Fellow (2000) of ACDEA.
 

Frank has been involved in on-line course development and teaching as well as presenting workshops on learning support for online student/learners.” Frank is a long-time friend of ACTLA having presented two keynotes (1986 at Orange Coast College and 2006 in Berkeley Marina).