The Office of Student Support Services (OSSS) goals include but are not limited to facilitating and increasing the retention, graduation, and professional and graduate school enrollment rates for qualified IU Northwest student participants. Qualified participants include students who are low-income and first-generation college students and students with disabilities. OSSS is funded under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Services include tutoring, academic advising, scholarship grant aid counseling, supplemental classroom instruction, and academic workshops. In addition to these services, OSSS also has a program for students with disabilities. Special Services for ADA eligible participants in this program include the following:

• Reader and note-taker services
• Test proctoring
• Campus orientation
• Resource information and referral