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Download full textStone, Marion E., Ed.; Jacobs, Glen, Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2008
This monograph describes Supplemental Instruction, a student assistance program designed to improve the academic success of college freshmen based on the idea that if students are not being successful in courses then perhaps colleges should change the way courses are taught. Supplemental Instruction (SI) utilizes regularly scheduled, out-of-class,…
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, College Freshmen, Success, Student Improvement
Peer reviewedGerhardt, Stephen L. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 1986
Reviews literature focusing on the involvement of community college libraries in literacy programs. Examines West Hills Community College's developmental/remedial program, highlighting the gains in reading skills of students participating in the library-based program. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Library Role, Library Services
Peer reviewedNaughton, Patrick W. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1993
Describes Hawaii Community College's vocational preparation (Voc Prep) program, which focuses on basic communication, literacy, and mathematics skills to prepare students to enter vocational programs. Compares the Voc Prep learning community model, which includes vocational and basic skills instruction, personal development, and counseling, with…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, English Instruction, High Risk Students
Boylan, Hunter R., Ed. – Research in Developmental Education, 1988
These three serial issues focus on the characteristics and administration of developmental education programs. The following articles are featured: (1) "Characteristics of Successful Programs," which reviews research findings concerning the characteristics associated with effective and ineffective developmental programs and includes a list of…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Weber, James M.; Silvani-Lacey, Cindy – 1983
A study synthesized existing data and information on the characteristics of actual and potential dropouts and identified strategies and techniques employed in vocational programs in order to remedy basic skill deficiencies in these youths. During the study, a veriety of sources were examined, including school performance and job proficiency data,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Change Strategies, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs
