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Download full textPobywajlo, Margaret – 1989
The Alternative Freshman Year (AFY) program instituted at a community college extension of an eastern university can serve as a model for other developmental education programs. The program, now in its fourth year, helps to upgrade the language and math skills of academically and emotionally unprepared students. Students are admitted to the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Language Skills
Rosenberg, Louise C.; LaRosa, Barbara V. – 1990
The Pre-College Summer Institute (PCSI) program has been in effect at the University of Hartford, College of Basic Studies, since the summer of 1968. PCSI was a five-week, five-days-a-week program designed to evaluate and prepare marginally acceptable students for the college's entering freshman class. Initially, the program was designed to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Bound Students, College Freshmen, College Instruction
Koehler, Gwen; Burke, Ann – 1996
The Transition Class is an alternative model to the traditional college sequence of developmental courses. Offered as an option to prospective students before they complete the college application and financial aid procedures, the 12-week Transition Class is nongraded and free of charge. By taking the class before they fully matriculate in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Exploration, College Freshmen, College Preparation
McLaughlin, Gerald W.; And Others – 1984
The implementation and results of the Virginia Student Transition Program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Tech) are described. The objective of the 5-week summer program is to facilitate the enrollment and retention of black college students with slightly lower than average aptitude scores through the development of…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Academic Persistence, Articulation (Education), Black Students
Muro, Andres; Mendoza, Inez – 1995
The federally-funded Success Through Transitional English Program (STEP) at EL Paso Community College (Texas) is described and evaluated. The program is designed to provide limited-English-speaking adult basic education graduates with the English skills to succeed in vocational, college credit, and non-credit courses at the college. Evolution of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Education, Career Development, Community Colleges
