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Credibility through Accountability in a Community College Reading Program.
Swindling, James A. – 1981
A study was conducted at Eastfield College, Texas, to assess the impact of remedial reading instruction on the academic achievement of students with reading skill deficiencies. The study involved all students whose basic skills were assessed at Eastfield College and who received academic advisement between April 1978 and August 1978 (N=898). Of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Accountability, Dropouts
Restarting Voluntary Leave and Academically Dismissed Students.
Masat, Francis E. – 1984
The use of "academic forgiveness," which allows students to be considered for readmission or graduation to college, is discussed, with attention to the procedures used by nine state colleges in New Jersey. The student is allowed an opportunity for low grades or other evaluations to be removed, under certain conditions, from grade point…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Academic Records, Academic Standards, College Admission
An Investigation of Non-Traditional Black Students at a Public Urban University, and the Effects of a University Mandatory Tutoring and Advisement Program on Student Development, Retention and Grade Point Averages: A Literary Review.
Gordon, Roosevelt, Jr. – 1987
The background concerning educational programs and practices designed to promote the development, retention, and grade point averages of black college students is traced. The literature reveals historical events and legislative statutes that brought a system of educational inequality to blacks in America. A dual educational system has meant that…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Black Students, College Students
College Admissions and the Transition to Postsecondary Education. Testimony to the National Commission on Excellence in Education. (Public Hearing, Chicago, Illinois, June 23, 1982).
Vaccaro, John – 1982
Developments relating to college admission standards, the quality of high school curricula, and academic achievement are discussed by a representative of the College Board. Attention is directed to College Board data on the following issues: the decline on verbal and mathematics Scholastic Aptitude Test scores; trends in the number of years that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Acceleration (Education)