The role of the community college and how declining resources affect its mission toward the U.S. goal of equal opportunity are discussed. The transfer mission, occupational program, developmental/remedial program, and community education or adult education program are described. (MLW)

Describes the underlying human development theory that supports developmental-learning as opposed to remedial-learning assistance. Outlines a model of learning assistance based on these principles. (Author)

Examines activities and achievements of the Learning Center at Mid-America Nazarene College, Kansas. Lists standard services, emphasizing tutoring and minisessions in math, writing, and study skills. Outlines outreach services including supplementary course instruction, cognitive learning styles assessment, faculty assistance, and text readability…

Shows how child-centered activities, such as art, can spark reading interest with remedial readers. (Author/RL)

Describes a study conducted to: (1) determine whether remedial students approach learning more from a right hemispheric orientation than students in regular academic programs; (2) ascertain relationships among hemispheric preference, reading level, language dominance, age, sex, and ethnicity; and (3) evaluate implications for curricula,…

Offers suggestions from five contributors regarding a calendar of reading activities related to bird observation, a way of involving parents in helping children with reading difficulties, formation of a special club for Title I children, an exercise in vocabulary development, and the value of using music to teach reading. (ET)

Presents preliminary data from a study of the effects of supplementary instruction given by teachers and by paraprofessionals on the reading and mathematics achievement of inner-city remedial students. Concludes that no differences in achievement were attributable to type of instructor. (FL)

Describes four parts of a college composition program--the apprentice segment and the segments for future teachers, for students who need to discover in writing the self and the non-self, and for remedial students--and examines the processes of writing. (GT)

The authors describe a research effort funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention which is addressing the hypothesized link between learning disabilties and juvenile delinquency. (SBH)

Two remedial, basic skills programs at two predominately Black colleges-- Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama, and Tougaloo College in Mississippi--are compared by Tougaloo composition teacher John Monro, formerly a dean at Harvard. He argues that such programs are justified by their successes. (JMF)

Reviews the development and growing institutional acceptance of the general studies program at the Parkington campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College which offers remedial courses in English, mathematics, and reading to over one-fifth of the student body. (MB)

Describes a remedial reading program utilizing a systems approach in a learning laboratory. (MKM)