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Download full textMartin, Margaret R.; Brown, Janet R. – 1986
This report provides information on the second year (1985-86) of the third cycle of Rockland Community College's (RCC's) Special Services Project, a program providing supplemental instructional, counseling, and tutorial services for educationally and economically disadvantaged students through college skills courses, remedial/developmental…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Schuyler, Nancy Baenen – 1983
A new elementary retention policy was implemented in the Austin Independent School District (AISD) in 1981-82. The AISD Board of Trustees requested a three-year study of the impact and effectiveness of the policy. This report describes results from the second year of the study, including the effect of the change in policy on staff development,…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Achievement Gains, Administrator Attitudes, Attendance Patterns
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A synthesis and summary of the recommendations of the following five reports are presented: (1) "Integrity in the College Curriculum: A Report to the Academic Community, The Findings and Recommendations of the Project on Redefining the Meaning and Purpose of Baccalaureate Degrees," by the Association of American Colleges, February 1985;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bachelors Degrees, College Curriculum, College Faculty
Virginia State Board for Community Colleges, Richmond. – 1988
In January 1986, the Virginia State Board for Community Colleges and the State Council of Higher Education undertook a joint study of postsecondary remedial education. The purposes of the study were to: (1) define the minimum levels of competence required of a student wishing to do college-level work for degree credit; (2) develop methods and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, College Role, Colleges
Finch, E.; And Others – 1977
The Elementary Language Arts Assistance Program (ELAAP) in the Edmonton Public Schools (Ontario), was established to provide small group tutorial instruction to children who were essentially normal, but who had identified learning handicaps. General questionnaires were sent to principals, resource room teachers, and classroom teachers; resource…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Communication Skills, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education
Edwards, Sandra J. – 1980
The interdisciplinary components of science instruction at two-year colleges are examined as revealed by curriculum offerings in environmental science, integrated science, and the history of science. Part I of the report reviews the literature concerning the rationale, objectives, course content, and instructional methods of interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: College Credits, Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Objectives
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Educational Communications. – 1974
The extent to which the use of the Graphics Expression Reading Improvement System (GERIS) improved the reading skills of Title I was investigated. The GERIS program, which combines an eight-step process in language skill development with student-created television productions, was used at two schools during the 1972-73 school year. One hundred…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Television, Elementary School Students
Cook, Charles M. – 1998
The Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP), implemented in 1989, requires student assessment in reading, writing, and math prior to regular college course work. Students undergo continuous remediation until they are able to pass the assessment test. Though TASP advocates argue that the program helps maintain academic standards and provides students…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Assessment
Platt, Gail M. – 1993
The Learning Center (LC) at South Plains College (SPC), in Texas, offers remedial reading instruction, college-level reading and human development, Success Seminars, orientation services, tutoring, and independent study for academic skills development. The center, which has the most successful remedial reading program in the state, combines the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Ancillary School Services, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
Sherman, Thomas M.; Kimball, Stephanie – 1994
This 6-year project sought to develop programs to impact student academic success and retention. Three separate programs were developed to serve the learning improvement needs of different constituents and situations. All programs were offered at a large, land-grant research university. The Residential Success Program was designed to provide…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, Generalization, Higher Education
Tom, Alice K. – 1983
Results of an evaluation of the Individualized Study Program (ISP), a 2-year pilot program at the Learning Skills Center (LSC) of the University of California, Davis, are presented. The program target group were disadvantaged students who had not met the university's entrance requirements. The ISP, which is designed to improve retention of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis
Scorza, Margaret H.; And Others – 1988
In its first year under Title VII funding, Project BRIDGES (Bilingual Resource Instruction for the Development of Gainful Employment Skills) provided instructional and support services to 346 limited-English-speaking students in three Brooklyn (New York) high schools (South Shore, Sheepshead Bay, Franklin D. Roosevelt). The project's aim was to…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attendance Patterns, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Exploration
Brown, Peggy Ann – 1985
College and university efforts to address minority students' needs are described. The Minority Achievement Program (MAP) provided grants to selected colleges to test a range of programs and services to help certain student groups succeed in achieving their educational goals. Descriptions of 10 selected projects are provided, along with information…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Teachers, Black Students, College Preparation
Leton, Donald A. – 1986
Two exemplary projects developed to maximize student options through the sharing of facilities, programs, and options were evaluated. The Remedial-Developmental Program developed a communications network between McKinley and Roosevelt High Schools and Kapiolani Community College to share student information and use it for individual student…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Exploration
Arwardy, Joseph W.; Chafin, Carl K. – 1980
The Transitional Curriculum Program at Virginia State University, which is designed to develop underprepared, dependent learners into independent university students, is described. After distinguishing several types of underprepared learners, the following variables are considered: learner success, role of the instructor, and instructor…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Faculty, College Preparation, College Students
