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Zhao, Kai; Park-Gaghan, Toby J.; Mokhe, Christine G.; Hu, Shouping – Community College Review, 2022
Objective: In 2014, Florida implemented Senate Bill 1720 (SB 1720), which drastically reshaped developmental education practices across the 28 public state colleges. Under the reform, around two-thirds of students became exempt from developmental education. Yet, many students were still required to take the placement test. If they scored below…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, State Colleges, College Students

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

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

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
Goldstein, Miriam T.; Perin, Dolores – Community College Review, 2008
Binary logistic regression analyses were performed on institutional data from a large urban community college in order to identify predictors of performance in a content course (psychology) that had high literacy demands. It was found that students who completed college English were more likely to pass the content course than students with…
Descriptors: College English, Community Colleges, Literacy, Regression (Statistics)

Hartsough, Gayla A. Kraetsch – Community College Review, 1984
Addresses administrative questions surrounding the design of remedial programs. Focuses on administrative support, organizational structure, internal program design, testing programs, and program outcomes. Lists factors to be considered in designing and evaluating developmental studies programs. (AYC)
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Program Administration, Program Design, Program Evaluation

Perin, Dolores – Community College Review, 2002
Discusses mainstreaming and centralization, two ways in which community colleges organize developmental education. Compares these models in terms of instructional quality, ancillary services, teacher characteristics, student reactions, reputation, and remediation. Offers recommendations to college administrators and state policy makers for…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Centralization, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs

Baker, George A., III; Reed, Lester W., Jr. – Community College Review, 1980
Discusses the need for and the skill development and comprehensive approaches to postsecondary developmental education. Describes three models of student assessment/placement and proposes a five-step model. Considers the establishment of proficiency standards, screening test selection, student processing, assistance centers, and evaluation. (AYC)
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Testing, Postsecondary Education, Program Evaluation

Henry, Thomas C. – Community College Review, 1986
Makes a distinction between developmental and remedial programs and suggests reasons for the difficulty in evaluating these programs. Identifies basic limitations in educational research, factors found in successful programs, questions to be considered in selecting and formulating the evaluation design, and five useful educational research…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation

Almeida, David A. – Community College Review, 1991
Urges two-year colleges to embrace the academic education of underprepared students as part of their institutional mission, provide appropriate remedial courses for students with lower academic skills, and offer workshops and training sessions for faculty to equip them with the skills needed to properly assist and teach these students. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Faculty Development

Valadez, James – Community College Review, 1993
Investigates the daily interactions between nontraditional students and the faculty, staff, and administration of a small, rural southeastern community college, based on ethnographic interviews, institutional documents, and observations. Reports on faculty perceptions of students, their lives and ambitions; students' emotional and support…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Role, Developmental Studies Programs, Diversity (Institutional)

McCusker, Manuela – Community College Review, 1999
Summarizes the literature on developmental reading and writing programs by discussing strategies for addressing remedial needs and obstacles to remediation. Presents the results of internal evaluations of developmental reading programs conducted at four colleges. Defines 16 strategies used by community colleges to implement effective remedial…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Development

Friedlander, Jack – Community College Review, 1981
Examines and evaluates three approaches used by community colleges to provide academic assistance to educationally underprepared students: offering compensatory programs and services as electives; requiring certain students to participate in skills courses; and offering basic skills instruction as part of regular courses. (DMM)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Compensatory Education, Developmental Studies Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged