About OLA
About Us
The Office of Student Equity, Excellence and Diversity (SEED) provides programs for the recruitment and success of students from underrepresented groups in higher education to promote diversity at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. As part of SEED, the Online Learning Academy (OLA) provides free, one-on-one English, math and science tutoring, by highly-qualified college tutors, for all SEED programs. We offer tutoring in the following subjects: basic math, pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, biology, chemistry, physics, environmental science, writing, and language arts.
Our Mission
Current Programs
OLA is currently involved in critical high school to college student readiness and preparation efforts between Hawaii DOE, UH System campuses, and GEAR UP/P20, including:
- Working with community college instructors across multiple campuses to implement NROC’s EdReady as an effective self study, remediation, and placement tool in math and English
- Helping early college programs across multiple DOE campuses to use EdReady to ensure that students are fully prepared to maximize their efforts in early college courses
- Partnering with Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs both in the DOE and UH System to make sure that students have adequate preparation in math and English for their specific technical career paths
- Building a partnership with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) organizations to support students in order to improve the percentage of students who matriculate through the “pipeline” successfully into STEM careers
Our Work at a Glance
Math & Science Tutoring Sessions
(2007-2017)
- HI DOE K-12 71%
- UH Community Colleges 19%
- UH Mānoa, West Oahu, Hilo 9%
- Other 1%
Minutes
Writing Tutoring Sessions
(2014-2017)
- Undergraduate 54%
- Graduate 26%
- High School 15%
- Elementary & Middle School 5%
Minutes
OLA History

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2600 Campus Road, QLC 214L
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
VIew Map
© All text Copyright 2018, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Online Learning Academy.