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An Application of Double-Loop Learning to Community College Remedial Education: A New Model of Integrated Supports for Ongoing Student Success
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Doren, Andrew T. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Community colleges have multiple missions and one of them is to provide open access services to those seeking to further their education. Community colleges provide remedial courses in math, reading, and writing because many of their students do not meet entrance requirements in these core subjects. However, the usual developmental education track…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Remedial Instruction, Developmental Studies Programs, Models
Online Writing Labs as Sites for Community Engagement
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Wells, Jaclyn Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation investigates the Community Writing and Education Station (CWEST), a community engagement project that partners a community adult basic literacy program with a university writing lab. The author argues that the community and university partners, the Lafayette Adult Resource Academy (LARA) and the Purdue Writing Lab, offer positive…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, School Community Relationship
The Relationship between Health Status, Life Satisfaction, and Humor as a Coping Mechanism among Noninstitutionalized Older Adults
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Jones, Cristina Llanos – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The older adult population is growing faster than any other cohort of people. By the year 2011, the baby boomers will start turning age 65, presenting a problem for public policy and health care systems. One of the key components of successful aging is the maintenance of good health. Numerous studies have extensively documented the link between…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Life Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models, Health Conditions