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Peer reviewedValeri-Gold, Maria – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1998
Discusses study that assessed developmental students' adjustment to college using the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ). Findings revealed that student SACQ scores fell below the means of the norm sample on the Personal-Emotional, Attachment, and Social subscales. There was also a significant difference in scores, with regard to…
Descriptors: College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Environment, Higher Education
Peer reviewedErrico, Maryann; Valeri-Gold, Maria; Deming, Mary P.; Kears, Wendy; Callahan, Carol – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 2000
States that sixty-three percent of 125 developmental students who participated in a retention study in fall of 1995 subsequently left the university, citing financial and academic problems. Recommends improving student retention through the use of early introduction of financial, academic and career counseling, and development of a freshmen…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Dropout Research
