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What Works Clearinghouse, 2015
Developmental summer bridge programs are designed to reduce the need for developmental education in college by providing students with accelerated instruction in areas where additional knowledge and skills are needed to help them succeed in higher education. The WWC identified one study of developmental summer bridge programs that meets WWC…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Summer Programs, Higher Education, Acceleration (Education)
New Mexico Higher Education Department, 2016
In March, 2016, the state of New Mexico established a Remediation Task Force to examine remediation reform efforts across the state's higher education institutions. On March 11, the Task Force met for the "New Mexico Corequisite Remediation at Scale Policy Institute" in order to learn about the results of the latest national reform…
Descriptors: Remedial Instruction, Remedial Programs, Educational Change, Higher Education
Corning, Amy; Senechal, Jesse; Hutton, Amy – State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, 2015
In the fall of 2008, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) commissioned a research study comparing the college access provider resources in Virginia to the access and academic achievement needs of the state. That study--conducted by researchers from the College of William and Mary and West Carolina University--resulted in the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Statewide Planning, State Surveys, Higher Education
Complete College America, 2012
The intentions were noble. It was hoped that remediation programs would be an academic bridge from poor high school preparation to college readiness. Sadly, remediation has become instead higher education's "Bridge to Nowhere." This broken remedial bridge is travelled by some 1.7 million beginning students each year, most of whom will…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Preparation, Remedial Instruction, Developmental Studies Programs
Ball, William J. – 2003
The Leadership in Public Affairs program at the College of New Jersey has begun to implement a developmental model designed to increase the community and political engagement of students. The primary tool to achieve these ends is public policy-oriented, community-based research (CBR). To date, two courses and a student fellowship based on…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Developmental Programs, Higher Education, Models
Suen, Hoi – Journal of Developmental and Remedial Education, 1979
Describes an inductive approach to the evaluation of developmental studies programs using multiple regression analysis to explore variables that contribute to program success. (DR)
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Barrow, John C. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1980
A potentially useful program-evaluation approach obtains information from program dropouts. This method was applied to university students who dropped out of four developmental programs. Results indicate many students recognize the value of the program for others, yet resist participating themselves. This approach was a useful supplementary…
Descriptors: College Students, Developmental Programs, Dropout Research, Evaluation Methods
1977
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…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Conference Reports, Developmental Programs, Developmental Studies Programs
Williams, David W. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1978
The principal goal was to determine if significant differences existed between special and developmental education programs offered by private and public institutions in Ohio. The programs were examined, comparing such variables as rationale and objectives, instructional methods, and supportive services in order to determine their relationship to…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Programs, Disadvantaged
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Gladstein, Gerald A.; Apfel, Fran S. – Career Development Quarterly, 1987
Discusses theory underlying a developmental life-span adult career counseling center, summarizes a case which illustrates the developmental life-span model, and presents findings from an on-going formative evaluation study conducted at the University of Rochester Adult Counseling Center. (NB)
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Career Counseling, College Programs, Counseling Services
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Gebelt, Janet L.; And Others – Journal of Developmental Education, 1996
Discusses the Gateway Program at New Jersey's Rutgers University, in which departments administer their own developmental classes. Describes reasons for the program's success, including small class sizes, providing students with gradual increases in autonomy, frequent assessment and feedback, and teaching strategies that require participation.…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Higher Education, Nontraditional Education, Program Descriptions
Mines, Robert A. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1985
Introduces the practitioner to psychometric issues related to developmental assessment and makes recommendations for the assessment refinements needed in the field. (Author/BH)
Descriptors: College Students, Developmental Programs, Developmental Stages, Evaluation Methods
Crismore, Avon – 1982
Noting that the University of Illinois' Special Options Rhetoric program is designed for special admit students who score 15 or below on ACT tests, this paper investigates the efficacy of the program to help marginal students, and also includes information on writing programs at the University of Michigan and Ohio University. An introduction…
Descriptors: Athletes, Developmental Programs, Higher Education, Program Content
Rose, Clare – 1976
Evaluation is as basic to professional development as it is to education. Unfortunately, systematic evaluations of professional development programs are rarely, if ever, undertaken. Professional development has become polluted by extraordinarily presumptuous rhetoric about the intrinsic value of "development." In the recent flurry of…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria
Herr, Gregory; Gilliam, Elizabeth K. – 1978
The evaluation of a program designed to encourage minority group high school students to pursue a career in engineering is described. Program goals involved: (1) helping students to acquire an appreciation of the field, learn about requirements for entering an undergraduate program, and strengthen academic skills; (2) encouraging local industry…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, College School Cooperation, Community Involvement
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