API targets difficult or "high risk" courses - those with a high rate of D , F, or W grades and then provides regularly scheduled out-of-class peer facilitated sessions for these courses.

S.I. is currently in place in over 1000 institutions of higher learning both nationally and abroad.  At LaGuardia, we have been serving students since the spring of 1993. 

In API, once a "high risk" course has been selected, an API student leader is hired.  This is a LaGuardia student who has completed the course, earned a grade of B+ or higher, and received a recommendation from a faculty member.  The student then re-attends the course, takes notes and organizes a minimum of three out-of-class API group study sessions per week.  During these study sessions, the tutor reviews the material covered in class using collaborative or group learning principles while promoting active problem solving.