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Accelerating Student Success: The Case for Corequisite Instruction
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Emblom-Callahan, Maggie; Burgess-Palm, Nekisha; Davis, Sandra; Decker, Amanda; Diritto, Heather; Dix, Shana; Parker, Camisha; Styles, Eric – Inquiry, 2019
The successes of corequisite remediation courses and supplemental instruction over traditional remediation courses such as the modular Math Essentials have been widely and recently documented (Logue, Watanabe-Rose, & Douglas, 2016). Corequisite reform is an important strategy to improve student completion of higher education goals. A robust…
Descriptors: Remedial Instruction, Supplementary Education, Required Courses, Community Colleges
Oral Communication Competency across the Virginia Community College System: A Faculty-Designed Assessment
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Interlante, Lindsey; De Riemer, Cynthia; Palomino, Araceli; Tirpak, Philip C. – Inquiry, 2016
A full-scale oral communication assessment was conducted by the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) during the academic year 2013-14. Key components of this assessment included faculty involvement at all stages of assessment and collaboration with assessment coordinators and lead staff personnel. The VCCS Office of Institutional Research and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Speech Communication, Communication Skills
The Role of Community Colleges in Training Arborists To Care for Virginia's Urban Forests.
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Murray, Joseph – Inquiry, 2002
Discusses the importance of urban forests and the urban forestry (arboculture) career study certificate program at Blue Ridge Community College in Virginia, which begins in fall 2002. (Contains 19 references.) (NB)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education