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Download full textStewart, Sarah – Hezel Associates, 2015
Acting as the lead agency for the "National STEM Consortium" (NSC), Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) engaged Hezel Associates to provide an independent program and impact evaluation of the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL)-funded STEM certificate initiative. This report is comprehensive and covers the findings from all 4 years of the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Program Evaluation, Consortia, Community Colleges
Scrivener, Susan; Weiss, Michael J.; Ratledge, Alyssa; Rudd, Timothy; Sommo, Colleen; Fresques, Hannah – MDRC, 2015
Community colleges offer a pathway to the middle class for low-income individuals. Although access to college has expanded, graduation rates at community colleges remain low, especially for students who need developmental (remedial) courses to build their math, reading, or writing skills. The City University of New York's (CUNY's) Accelerated…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Acceleration (Education), Associate Degrees, Developmental Studies Programs
Council of Graduate Schools in the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1970
The purpose of this study was to obtain information concerning procedures and programs established by graduate schools for disadvantaged students. A questionnaire was sent to each of the 287 member institutions of the Council of Graduate Schools in the United States. Usable replies were received from 248, of which 150 supplied information about…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Youth
HAKKARAINEN, EDWARD A. – 1967
A REMEDIAL READING INSTRUCTION PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE SKILLS OF HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS IS EVALUATED. CENTERS WERE ESTABLISHED AT THREE SITES TO SERVE 750 DROPOUTS REFERRED BY VARIOUS COMMUNITY AGENCIES. THE PROJECT WAS STAFFED BY SIX REMEDIAL READING TEACHERS, SEVEN COMMUNITY AIDES, AND ONE LIAISON WORKER. INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION USING A VARIETY…
Descriptors: Attendance, Case Studies, Dropout Programs, Enrollment
Hansen, Joe B.; And Others – 1986
The evaluation of the Portland (Oregon) Public Schools' Summer Program focused on academic achievement of its students, grades K-8, who participated in 1985. Courses included arts and crafts as well as basic and remedial instruction in reading, mathematics, and language. The achievement gains of summer school students were compared to the whole…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Elementary Education
Morrow, Daniel Hibbs; And Others – 1987
This study evaluates a 1-year, pre-vocational intervention--Project OASES (Occupational and Academic Skills for the Employment of Students)--for at-risk middle school students in the Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) Public School District. The study sample consisted of 502 former participants and 148 active participants (1988-1989 school year) plus…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Comparative Testing, Dropout Rate, Enrollment
Linthicum, Dorothy S. – 1979
A study was conducted to determine the scope and characteristics of developmental/remedial activities in Maryland's 17 community colleges in terms of objectives and goals, courses and activities, student information, costs and revenues, and administration and organization. The study revealed: (1) 15 colleges offered developmental education for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, College Credits, Community Colleges
New Jersey Basic Skills Council, Trenton. – 1991
This report summarizes the success of 115 remedial programs in each sector of New Jersey higher education, and uses outcome standards to categorize the patterns of strength and weakness observed in the data from individual college programs. Among the topics discussed are the following: the design of the assessment process; statewide and sector…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Analysis
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Higher Education Opportunity Programs. – 1980
A continuing objective of New York State has been to provide equal access to postsecondary educational opportunity. To meet this objective the State has provided resources for special programs in postsecondary institutions for persons who have been academically and educationally disadvantaged. The four separate programs that serve the needs of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Programs, Counseling Services
Prince George's Community Coll., Largo, MD. Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. – 1992
Prepared in response to guidelines established by the Maryland Higher Education Commission, this two-part report presents data on student learning outcomes and minority student achievement at Prince George's Community College (PGCC) in Largo, Maryland. Part 1 focuses primarily on fall 1991 entrants but includes longitudinal data where applicable.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Enrollment
