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Download full textLosak, John; Burns, Neil – 1971
This was the first phase of a continuing evaluation of a Community College Studies Program designed to provide educational opportunities for the academically under-prepared student. The subject college had always had a remedial program of some type, but it only recently conducted formal program evaluations. The most recent was during the 1967-68…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation, Low Achievement
Roesler, Elmo V., Ed. – 1972
This paper reports the progress to date and plans of the Appalachian Consortium Special Development Project, funded under Title III of the Higher Education Act. The participating institutions joined the consortium because it was felt that only through a cooperative arrangement could they overcome the limitations of inadequate resources arising…
Descriptors: Consortia, Developing Institutions, Educationally Disadvantaged, Followup Studies
Roueche, John E.; Kirk, R. Wade – 1972
This study assesses the effectiveness of innovative programs for high risk students at four community junior colleges with somewhat different approaches to remedial education. Each program is described in terms of organizational structure, subject matter content, instructional strategies, counseling services, philosophy and objectives, grading…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Educational Innovation, Educationally Disadvantaged
Sanchez, Bonnie – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1979
Presents abstracts of three documents from the ERIC junior college collection that deal with two-year college remedial and developmental education. (DR)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Haykin, Michael – 1981
A project researched and determined a screening device to identify learning disabled, mentally retarded, and educationally disadvantaged who are served by the Learning Assistance Services (LAS). The Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) was identified as an effective, efficient, and inexpensive screening device for identifying potential special need…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Handicap Identification, Higher Education
Alkin, Marvin C.; Freeman, Marie – 1988
Drawing from on-site evaluations of the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) operating at 22 California community colleges in 1987-88, this report assesses the programs with respect to management, outreach and recruitment, instructional development, counseling, transfer and transition, special activities, financial aid, and staff…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Counseling, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods
Emond, Louis – 1976
Junior colleges with open enrollment policies have as students many of the adults in this country whom national surveys and studies have indicated are functionally incompetent or barely literate. This paper contains a review of the literature concerning junior college remedial reading programs and compensatory education programs. The four…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Learning Laboratories, Literature Reviews
Alvin Community Coll., TX. – 1982
This booklet describes the history, rationale, and operations of Alvin Community College (ACC's) Developmental Education Program. Section I, first, outlines the college's commitment to the philosophy of developmental education; second, provides a history of developmental education at ACC, covering the adoption of an open-door policy, the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Philosophy
Cohen, Edward G.; And Others – 1973
This study was designed to determine whether or not students assigned to remedial reading courses at Queensborough Community College were actually improving their reading skills. Students (1,543) who scored below 33% on the Reading Comprehension Subtest of the Cooperative English Test (COOP) were divided into four classes of ascending ability and…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Reading
FARLEY, CATHERINE – 1968
IN THREE SUCCESSIVE SEMESTERS (SPRING 1965, FALL 1965, AND SPRING 1966) MERRITT COLLEGE ENTERING FRESHMEN WHOSE LOW TEST SCORES INDICATED PROBABLE LACK OF SUCCESS IN COLLEGE WORK WERE OFFERED BLOCK PROGRAMS OF CLASSES DESIGNED TO HELP THEM GAIN INSIGHT AND PERSPECTIVE REGARDING THEIR SELF IMAGE, THEIR VALUES, AND THEIR INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Black Achievement, Black Students
Cohen, Edward G.; And Others – 1974
In order to determine the validity of using the Cooperative English Test (CET) for placement in remedial writing, Queensborough Community College initiated a study using the Holistic Reading Method to rate essays written by a random sample of 204 incoming freshman in fall 1973. Three regular English and three remedial English instructors were…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Community Colleges, Correlation, Developmental Programs
Donovan, Richard A. – 1976
Highlights are presented of programs designed to aid students underprepared for college level work at the ten institutions chosen as Associates for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) National Project II: Alternatives to the Revolving Door. The selected programs include: those at Bronx Community College, the Educational…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Counseling, Educationally Disadvantaged
Benenson, Thea Fuchs – 1974
During fall 1972, Bronx Community College inaugurated Project STIR, an interdisciplinary, block-programmed project designed to facilitate an intense, collaborative remediation program for entering Liberal Arts freshmen needing remedial assistance in reading, writing, and mathematics. This project was later renamed Project LINK, and was expanded to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Educationally Disadvantaged, Individual Counseling
Cuyahoga Community Coll., Cleveland, OH. – 1975
For this conference "developmental education" was defined as "any program which assists students in overcoming any deficiencies they may have in their preparation for post-secondary education." This document includes summary reports of panel discussions and the texts of keynote addresses. Panel session topics include: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bibliographies, Compensatory Education, Counseling
Alkin, Marvin; White, Peter – 1984
Focusing on the qualitative component of the 1983-84 Operational Program Reviews (OPRs) of Educational Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) in California's community colleges, this report presents the information collected by a qualitative evaluator at 14 EOPS projects in California and assesses program strengths and weaknesses. The first part…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Educationally Disadvantaged
