Accountability Hours and Groups

Joining an accountability session is an effective strategy for getting work done because accountability sessions leverage social support and impose structure on tasks that might otherwise seem isolating or unstructured. Social support comes from the mutual commitment group members make to show up and do the work. Structure comes from the agreement to meet at regularly scheduled times. Productivity comes from participants sharing their progress, stating their current goals, and articulating their next steps. 

What happens at an ARC accountability session? Students come together for 45 to 60 minutes of focused, quiet work. Before that work starts and after it ends, an Academic Coach facilitates a 5- to 10-minute check-in for students to state their goals for the session and report on their progress and what they plan to do next. 

Who is eligible to register for accountability sessions at the ARC?

1. Enrolled Harvard College students are eligible to register for Accountability Hours.
2. Enrolled degree candidates in the Harvard Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Harvard Kennedy School, are eligible to register for Accountability Groups.

• Lehman Hall Graduate Accountability Group
  Lehman Hall Graduate Accountability Group Important project, no deadline?  No problem!   Join an academic coach and a small group of fellow graduate students in person at Lehman Hall on Wednesdays in April from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. for a month of shared accountability.     Many students have found these groups […]
• 4 Week Grad Accountability Group
  4 Week Grad Accountability Group Important project, no deadline? No problem! Set a four-week interim goal and come join an academic coach and a small group of fellow graduate students on Thursdays from 9 to 10:30 EDT for four weeks of shared accountability. Many students have found these groups helped […]