Today's students are facing higher academic and social standards than ever before in the history of education in the United States of America. Under federal legislation, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) states are required to administer standardized tests to students in grades three through eight to measure Language Arts and Mathematics competency.…

Hinds Community College (HCC) engaged in a study that produced the transitional program. This program was in response to high rates of attrition of the college's freshmen classes because of poor academic performance. This dissertation evaluated the effectiveness of the transitional program's main component-the learning community created by placing…

The purpose of this study was to determine if the developmental studies courses and the sequential program of developmental studies courses offered at North Harris Montgomery Community College District (NHMCCD) in Texas adequately prepared students for academic success in the first college-level English and/or mathematics courses. All…