ERIC - Search Results

Descriptor

Program Descriptions	5
Writing Skills	5
Remedial Instruction	3
College Instruction	2
College Programs	2
Community Colleges	2
Higher Education	2
Remedial Programs	2
Teaching Methods	2
Two Year Colleges	2
Academic Persistence	1
Adult Literacy	1
Adult Students	1
Burnout	1
Business Education	1
Case Studies	1
College Faculty	1
College Second Language…	1
College Students	1
Competence	1
Cooperative Programs	1
Correctional Education	1
Developmental Programs	1
Educational Assessment	1
Educational Research	1
More ▼

Source

Author

Adelman, Clifford	1
Biggs, Shirley A., Ed.	1
Bullock, Terry L., Ed.	1
Burns, Charles A., Ed.	1
Dallas, Susan, Ed.	1
Hoeber, Daniel R., Ed.	1
Kasden, Lawrence N., Ed.	1
Laine, Michaeline E., Ed.	1
Paulson, Eric J., Ed.	1
Reuben, Elaine	1

Publication Type

Collected Works - General	5
Opinion Papers	3
Reports - Descriptive	3
Books	1
Reports - Research	1

Education Level

Audience

Location

Laws, Policies, & Programs

Assessments and Surveys

What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Showing all 5 results Save | Export

College Reading Research and Practice: Articles from "The Journal of College Literacy and Learning."

Paulson, Eric J., Ed.; Laine, Michaeline E., Ed.; Biggs, Shirley A., Ed.; Bullock, Terry L., Ed. – 2003

This volume presents 27 articles from "The Journal of College Literacy and Learning," a peer-reviewed journal (formerly the "Forum for Reading") produced by the International Reading Association's College Literacy and Learning Special Interest Group. Following "Foreword" (Donna E. Alvermann) and…

Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, Higher Education, Literacy

The Literacy Crisis. CSCC Bulletin, Issue 5.

Dallas, Susan, Ed. – 1982

One of the most difficult problems facing colleges today is dealing with students whose basic skills are too low to allow them to benefit from college-level studies. While some institutions seem to have given up expectations for underprepared students' achievement, others have instituted massive programs of individualized counseling and tutoring…

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, High Risk Students, Multicampus Districts

Basic Writing: Essays for Teachers, Researchers, and Administrators.

Download full text

Kasden, Lawrence N., Ed.; Hoeber, Daniel R., Ed. – 1980

The 12 essays in this collection address the concerns of basic writing teachers and those who teach basic writing teachers. The first essay discusses the characteristics of the low achieving college students who require basic writing instruction and argues for basic writing courses that are based upon a thorough understanding of students' nature…

Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Research, English Teacher Education, Evaluation Methods

Insight, 1981-82: An Annual Collection of Articles on Teaching and Learning by Faculty of the Community Colleges of the State University of New York.

Burns, Charles A., Ed. – 1982

This collection of 17 articles dealing with community college education begins with Marvin Feldman's discussion of the origins and future of the community college. Then, Faye Lenarcic examines the relation between sexism and language. Next, Mary Loomba discusses the problem of burnout in relation to librarians. Howard Himelstein outlines the…

Descriptors: Adult Students, Burnout, Business Education, College Faculty

Starting with Students: Notable Programs, Promising Approaches, and Other Improvement Efforts in American Postsecondary Education. Volume II.

Download full text

Adelman, Clifford; Reuben, Elaine – 1984

Sixty-six descriptions of notable programs and promising practices related to specific problems, practices, and goals in American postsecondary education are presented in this study, a continuation of Volume I. The programs are the result of searches made by the staff of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, although neither the…

Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Instruction, College Programs, College Second Language Programs