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Goudas, Alexandros M.; Boylan, Hunter R. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2012
Much of recent research in postsecondary developmental education leaves the distinct impression that most remedial courses in community colleges are unsuccessful in helping students and that they should be entirely overhauled. Legislators and administrators are now taking these recommendations very seriously and are ready to cut programs that are…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Programs, Postsecondary Education, Community Colleges
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Leslie, David W.; Fygetakis, Elaine C. – Research in Higher Education, 1992
This paper compares the results of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the Carnegie surveys of postsecondary faculty and notes the differently constructed samples, the different response rates, and different weighting schemes in analysis and interpretation. Inconsistencies in the surveys' results are identified and methodological…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Higher Education