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Davidson, J. Cody; Petrosko, Joseph M. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
At two-year public community colleges, the 2011 three-year persistence rate was 23.9%. From 1988 to 2006, between 40% and 60% of all first-time community college students were referred to and enrolled in at least one developmental education course. More students begin college underprepared in mathematics than any other subject area, and only about…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Predictor Variables, Technical Education, Academic Persistence
Harr, Shannon Lyle – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Education reform has been in progress for at least two decades, yet our nation's postsecondary institutions continue to see increasing numbers of underprepared students. Despite numerous and varied attempts at nationwide reform at the secondary education level, the number of students requiring remedial education courses in postsecondary education…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement, Developmental Studies Programs