To become more economically competitive and reap the benefits of postsecondary educational levels, Kentucky has set a very ambitious goal to double the number of bachelor's degree holders by 2020. Clearly, increasing the college-going rate of working-age adults is an important strategy in the state's efforts to produce more degree holders. The…

Calls for the revitalization and reform of developmental studies programs in postsecondary education. Compares practices of the 1960s and 1970s with those needed in the 1980s. Cites recommendations of the Dallas County Community College District's Developmental Studies Task Force for reaffirmation and commitment to developmental education. (DMM)

This conference was called to discuss the need for, and the strategies used in, implementing basic skills remediation at the college and university level. All levels of higher education were represented, as well as research professors, elementary, secondary, and post-secondary school administrators and teachers, representatives of the business and…