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Jones, Arnold P., Jr. – 1979
With an open door policy and the influx of non-traditionally oriented students, community colleges face one of the most critical issues in education today--educating the academically underprepared student. A large percentage of the Chicago City Colleges' enrollment scores in the lowest third on tests of academic ability. These students are not…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dropout Prevention, Educationally Disadvantaged, Failure
Download full textLundell, Dana Britt, Ed.; Higbee, Jeanne L., Ed. – 2001
This monograph from the University of Minnesota General College (GC) discusses theoretical perspectives on developmental education from both new and established standpoints. GC voluntarily eliminated its degree programs in order to focus on preparing under-prepared students for transfer to the university system. GC's curricular model includes a…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Community Colleges
