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Direct linkKessler-Eng, Donna – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 2022
The goals of placement reform and the elimination of developmental education at community colleges were to decrease the misplacement of students and to provide students with quicker access to college-level courses to improve retention and student success rates. However, the new placement reforms may be preventing some nontraditional students from…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Student Placement, Educational Change
Download full textReder, Stephen – Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999
In this chapter, the author explores the overlap between adult literacy programs and community colleges by examining the literacy skills of postsecondary education students, the remedial/developmental programs that serve them, and the effectiveness of these programs and adult basic education in helping students succeed. As he notes, to obtain…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Hamilton, John – 1998
Gainesville College (GC) in Georgia conducted a study to determine how many traditional-aged students enter the school with General Education Development (GED) certificates and how well they progress academically. Students monitored were those who received their GED at 21 years of age or younger and entered GC within 4 years of receiving the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
