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Finkel, Ed – Community College Journal, 2018
State community college systems and their two-year colleges have spent the 2010s reexamining and redesigning decades-old developmental education tracks to ensure students get what they need--and only what they need--with an eye toward moving them more quickly into college-level courses and, eventually, the degree or certificate they want.…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Community Colleges, Two Year Colleges, Remedial Programs
Federick Ngo; Dan Cullinan – MDRC, 2022
While most community colleges admit all students who apply for admission, the vast majority have required students to demonstrate specified levels of literacy and numeracy before they can take college-level courses. Typically, students have been assessed using a single placement test, such as the College Board's ACCUPLACER. Colleges--or sometimes…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student Placement, School Readiness, Placement Tests
Altstadt, David – Jobs for the Future, 2012
Less than 25 percent of college students who take any developmental education courses earn a credential within eight years. Over the past three years, the six states in the Developmental Education Initiative have developed and enacted unprecedented changes in policy and practice in an effort to reverse these dismal outcomes. "Ahead of the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Best Practices, Developmental Studies Programs, Case Studies
Asmussen, John G.; Horn, Aaron S. – Midwestern Higher Education Compact, 2014
Developmental education, also termed remedial education, refers to curricula intended to improve the academic skills and knowledge of students who are underprepared for undergraduate coursework, particularly in the areas of mathematics, reading, and writing. Many practitioners and researchers agree that developmental education should be improved,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Programs, Academic Support Services
Swofford, Ronald; Swofford, Joyce C.
Replies to a questionnaire relating to development programs in 40 community colleges and technical institutes in North Carolina and Virginia are provided. The questions that comprised the questionnaire were: (1) Describe your procedure for determining the math and English proficiencies of entering freshmen; (2) Do you require for those students…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Developmental Studies Programs
Virginia State Council of Higher Education, Richmond. – 2002
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia examined the status of remediation in higher education in the state using a population of first-time college students who graduated from a high school in Virginia, attended a Virginia college, and took at least one remedial course at a community college or private college. Over the last 5 years,…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Enrollment
Vaughan, George B.; Puyear, Donald E. – 1972
Based on the learning theories of Benjamin S. Bloom, the program described in this report aims to help students develop basic skills for success in college work. The program, created for Virginia Highlands Community College, centers around English and mathematics learning laboratories. All students can enroll in regular college level courses, but…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Developmental Programs, Diagnostic Teaching
Martin, Donald; Martin, Maggie – 1980
When remedial/developmental programs at community colleges are examined on a national level, four areas of concern are apparent: (1) administrators frequently fail to provide the funding and personnel necessary to meet the needs of a diverse student population; (2) instructors are often intellectually and culturally unprepared to teach…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Role, Counselor Teacher Cooperation