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Blake, Nicola – NADE Digest, 2016
Guttman Community College (GCC), a newly-established, urban community college, part of the City University of New York (CUNY), enrolls a largely traditional student body which is also predominantly minority. Students enter the college with an average high-school grade-point average of 75% (C average), and are required to enroll in three first-year…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Remedial Programs, Developmental Programs, College Freshmen
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Boylan, Hunter R.; Brown, Patti Levine; Anthony, S. Wes – NADE Digest, 2017
In the past decade, a variety of political and economic issues have contributed to changing the landscape of American higher education. Among these issues is a shortfall of college educated laborers for the workforce, the increasing costs of college attendance, and the subsequent expansion of student debt. State politicians and decision makers…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Higher Education, Student Costs, Labor Needs
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Oubre, Katherine; Rivers, Tanya – NADE Digest, 2017
Learning Expectations and Academic Preparation (LEAP) was a two-year pilot offering a cohort (20 students) of our lowest scoring English and mathematics developmental students an intensive cross-disciplinary semester to accelerate through their developmental courses. Blending learning community and summer bridge best practices, LEAP incorporated…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Pilot Projects, Developmental Programs, Remedial Mathematics
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Burley, Hansel – NADE Digest, 2008
Developmental education sits at the nexus of all things educational, yet developmental education research seems asleep, unaware of the valuable and critical perspectives the field can provide. In that light, this article addresses the developmental education identity crisis addressed by Arendale (2005) in "Terms of Endearment,"…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Research, Educational Innovation, Remedial Programs
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DeBraak, LaRonna – NADE Digest, 2008
As scholars continue to debate over the specific skills underprepared students need in order to complete their course of study, perhaps the focus should be on how to tap into students' independent thought processes and encourage students to utilize independent thought to contribute to interdependent groups. Placing value on students' independent…
Descriptors: Remedial Programs, Developmental Programs, Independent Study, Cooperative Learning
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Horn, Susanna K. – NADE Digest, 2007
It has long been established that self-assessment and goal-setting are regular features of the writing process of experienced writers. It has also been demonstrated that students develop more power and control over their writing when they are encouraged to become their own evaluators. Therefore, to help beginning writers think and act more like…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Goal Orientation, Writing (Composition), Writing Strategies