Discusses the confusion that results from differences among various labels used in developmental and basic education programs. Proposes clarification of such terms as "center,""lab,""individualized," and "clinic" and suggests definitions for proper usage. (DR)

Describes Gulf Coast Community College's Success Center, which offers basic skills training in its Individualized Manpower Training System Lab; peer tutoring; English as a Second Language instruction; and linkages with community service agencies. Brief anecdotes illustrate ways the Success Center assists students with varying backgrounds to…

Presents abstracts of four documents from the ERIC junior college collection that deal with the special programs or techniques used by two-year colleges to help students needing remedial or developmental assistance. (DR)

Describes a remedial reading program utilizing a systems approach in a learning laboratory. (MKM)

Advocates individualizing remedial writing courses at the college level and describes three programs that emphasize individual placement, focus on student writing rather than on workbook materials, and offer peer tutoring. (MKM)

Contains articles describing: (1) a writing laboratory at Cedar Crest College (Pennsylvania); (2) 12 biology minicourses used at Elizabethtown Community College (Kentucky); (3) the "Self-Persuasion for Study Improvement Project" at East Tennessee State University; and (4) a vocabulary acquisition program used to help University of North Carolina…

Attributes the high rate of academic success of freshmen at Vincennes University to its developmental program. Aspects of the program include: mandatory enrollment for those with inadequate Scholastic Achievement Test scores, mathematics and reading laboratories, modularized classes, and support services. Assesses evidence of program success. (AYC)