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Direct linkPrescott, Lynda – Open Learning, 2016
For students new to higher education, the task of developing their academic writing skills, and particularly the principles and practices of source-referencing, can be daunting. Although institutions and teachers can and do provide positive guidance on this score, all too often students veer into inadvertent plagiarism through lack of confidence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Open Universities, Writing Instruction
Download full textZanoni, Candido P. – 1980
Efforts of the General College of the University of Minnesota to increase student retention during the 1979-80 academic year are described. The target groups were high-risk students, especially representatives of minority groups from traditionally nonacademic populations. The college mounted a pilot education program (PEP) comprising three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, American Indians, Basic Skills
Romano, Joan L.; Garfield, Joan B. – 1980
An end-of-year evaluation of the 1979-80 University of Minnesota's General College (GC) Pilot Education Program (PEP) for academically underprepared minority group students is presented. The results show that compared to other GC students, the PEP students came to the college with weaker academic skills, and had different personal characteristics.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, American Indians, Basic Skills
Hansen, Evelyn Unes – 1980
As part of the General College of the University of Minnesota's Pilot Education Program (PEP) (1979-80) for academically underprepared minority group students, background information is presented about the development of the Chicano/Latino PEP package, the way that the Chicano/Latino team functioned; the nature, content, and teaching methods; and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills, College Attendance
