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Download full textSpurling, Steven – 2001
This study examined the relationship between intensity of study (defined as more hours per week of class within a subject matter area) and student success. The researcher identified two possible methods for increasing the intensity of study: (1) Compression Hypothesis--shortening the length of terms and increasing the amount of time per week spent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Community Colleges, Educational Objectives
Cross, K. Patricia – 1981
The dilemma of maintaining academic standards as well as open access policies is discussed in this paper with respect to the causes of and possible solutions to the problem. Trends leading to the standards/open access dilemma are first considered, including the dominant belief in the 1950's that education served to select and groom the most…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
