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ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1976
This booklet details the findings of a survey, conducted by the Committee on Learning Skills Centers of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, concerning the utilization of learning skills centers to teach composition in institutions of higher learning. Responses from 38 public two-year colleges, 2 private two-year colleges, 18…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Individualized Programs, Learning Laboratories, Program Content
Wedemeyer, Charles A. – 1973
All "open" schools have one principle in common; they represent efforts to expand the freedoms of learners. Some features characteristic of open education are the involvement of more people, more part-time learners, a curriculum relevant to life, and a broadening of the learning environment. Emphasis is on the learner with a diminishing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Continuation Education, Credits
Bourn, Ken – 1977
Thirty-four high-risk students at Essex Community College (Maryland) were evaluated on self-concept growth as shown through pre- and post-tests on the Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS), self-concept as shown through an open-ended questionnaire, and improvement in college grade point average (GPA), after working in a self goal-setting learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs