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Download full textBarshis, Don – 1984
This assessment of the developmental education program at the City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) was conducted by the CCC's Center for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning (CITL). Part 1 describes the evolution of developmental programs in the CCC, focusing on the success of Loop College's Individual Needs Program in the 1970s, the decision to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Enrollment
Bengis, Laraine – 1986
The Prefreshman Summer Program for academically and economically handicapped students at the City University of New York (CUNY) was evaluated in 1985 and compared to previous evaluations. The voluntary, 6-week transitional program provides intensive basic skills instruction, tutoring, counseling, and financial aid to incoming students who fail to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Freshmen, College Mathematics, Developmental Studies Programs
Maryland State Board for Higher Education, Annapolis. – 1985
Results of a study of remedial education at all Maryland public colleges and universities, except for three campuses, are presented. Findings include: (1) by fall 1985 all institutions will have in place a systematic screening process to identify students lacking in one or more basic skill areas; (2) while all campuses collect some evaluative data…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Hartleb, David – 1986
In recognition of the 25th anniversary of University College (UC), the first public two-year college in Ohio, this report presents an overview of the history and contributions of the college; a description of its students, student services, technical and transfer programs, developmental education programs, and community relations; and a discussion…
Descriptors: College Planning, College Programs, College Role, Developmental Studies Programs
Pasch, Marvin – 1980
Techniques and procedures used to evaluate the outcomes of the student development program, and to use the evaluation results, are presented. Specific evaluation questions are posed that address overall outcomes, not individual student outcomes, and quantitative measures are suggested to accompany the questions. The measures include statistical…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education
McHugh, Elizabeth; And Others – 1979
These four reports resulted from a series of studies undertaken by the Community College of Allegheny County to evaluate its Block Scheduling Project, which schedules students into a block of developmental courses centered around a core, transferable course in either psychology or history. The first report briefly describes the project, considers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Course Content, Developmental Studies Programs
Arendale, David R. – Online Submission, 2008
The GPS LifePlan is an interactive resource that helps students succeed in reaching their career, education and personal goals. GPS stands for "GOALS + PLANS = SUCCESS". http://gpslifeplan.org This holistic academic and student development program provides a structure for students to define their goals and helps them establish plans to…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Educational History, Profiles, Institutional Characteristics
Juan Carlos Calcagno; Bridget Terry Long – National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2008
Remedial or developmental courses are the most common policy instruments used to assist underprepared postsecondary students who are not ready for college-level coursework. However, despite its important role in higher education and its substantial costs, there is little rigorous evidence on the effectiveness of college remediation on the outcomes…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Academic Persistence, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement
Michels, L. – 1986
This descriptive report focuses on Milwaukee Area Technical College's Crossover Program, which was designed to help students who have demonstrated a low level of academic preparedness on their admissions placement test to improve their basic academic skills and choose a realistic program of study. The first sections of the report describe the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
Cherne, Ferne; And Others – 1985
The Student Tracking System (STS) at San Antonio College is designed to increase retention of high risk students, and primarily students enrolled in developmental education courses. In addition to identifying students experiencing difficulty in the classroom, STS alerts educational support services personnel to these students, provides a system of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Ancillary School Services, Basic Skills, College Students
Hartford Public Schools, CT. – 1984
Higher Horizons 100 (HH 100) is a compensatory program in the Hartford, Connecticut public schools designed to provide underachieving and undermotivated secondary school students with an integrated program of academic, cultural, and counseling services. HH 100 services were designed to develop and improve the basic skills of language and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Attendance
Brantley, Jerry; And Others – 1981
The Basic Skills Program described in this report was developed by Macomb County Community College (MCCC) as a semester-long pre-vocational program for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) students. Following introductory material, Part I presents a general review of postsecondary developmental education programs for…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Planning, Community Colleges, Counseling
Peer reviewedPalmer, Jim – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 1995
Lists the latest ERIC documents that describe institutional and state studies of community college remedial programs. Provides bibliographical information and a brief abstract of relevant documents. (YKH)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Dropouts, Educational Assessment
Burley, Hansel E. – 1994
Because of the tremendous growth in college populations in the last 30 years, the number of programs designed to help underprepared students has grown significantly. Whether or not these programs work is still in question. This study used the meta-analysis techniques of Glas (1976) and Hedges (1985) to study a subset of developmental studies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs
Richardson, Richard C., Jr.; And Others – 1981
The prevalence of underprepared students attending colleges, the need to define literacy requirements of courses, the implications of research on literacy in the design of remedial programs, and the need for systematic evaluation of such programs are considered. Literacy is broadly defined as a language competence that is used to achieve both…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Skills, Cultural Context, Curriculum Evaluation
