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Equity or Disparity: Do Performance Funding Policies Disadvantage 2-Year Minority-Serving Institutions?
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Li, Amy Y.; Gándara, Denisa; Assalone, Amanda – Community College Review, 2018
Objective: We investigate whether performance funding--an increasingly prevalent state policy that allocates appropriations based on outcomes that prioritize retention and completion--places minority-serving institutions (MSIs) at a financial disadvantage due to these institutions serving a greater proportion of historically underrepresented…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges, Minority Group Students, Funding Formulas
Does Classroom Composition Matter? College Classrooms as Moderators of Developmental Education Effectiveness
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Moss, Brian G.; Kelcey, Ben; Showers, Nancy – Community College Review, 2014
This study investigates how the impact of developmental education is moderated by classroom composition. Drawing on a regression discontinuity design, we used data from 3,429 community college students, nested within 223 classrooms, to explore the extent to which classroom and instructor characteristics moderated the effect of developmental…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Classroom Environment, Student Characteristics, Teacher Characteristics
Developmental Education: Does It Work?: An ERIC Review.
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Hill, Andrew – Community College Review, 1978
Reviews developmental education programs stressing the need for institutional research to determine the viable parts of such curricula in view of cutbacks being made of costly programs. Discusses factors causing insufficient skills in students, considers program evaluation, and reviews six established developmental programs. (MB)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Institutional Research, Open Enrollment
Credit for Remedial Courses?
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Hertz, Sharon M.; And Others – Community College Review, 1977
The granting of credit for remedial courses does not represent a lessening of the value of a degree. Rather, it is a manifestation of social and educational progress. (Author/DC)
Descriptors: College Credits, Community Colleges, Credit Courses, Developmental Programs
Remedial Reading Classes: Is it Really Worth the Effort?
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Butler, Paul – Community College Review, 1977
Faced with students with reading problems and a budget which would not cover the hiring of a reading specialist, instructors at Thames Valley State Technical College (Connecticut) developed a successful remedial reading program of their own. This article discusses how the program was developed and reports that over the past six years it has…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Developmental Programs, Developmental Reading, Program Descriptions
Developmental Education: A Rapidly Expanding Function.
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Lombardi, John – Community College Review, 1979
Discusses four phases of developmental education in community colleges: pretransfer, handicapped, remedial, and adult basic education (ABE). R eviews literature regarding enrollments, program costs, faculty attitudes, and program effectiveness in each area. (DR)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Enrollment Trends
Educational Advising for Student Retention: An Institutional Perspective.
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Creamer, Don G. – Community College Review, 1980
Presents seven statements synthesizing the literature on the relationship between educational advising and student retention. Provides an advisement model designed to increase institutional holding power through ethical recruitment, honest orientation, continuous dissemination of information, and a developmental approach to the advising process.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Educational Counseling