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Direct linkHu, Xinye; Hu, Shouping – Research in Higher Education, 2022
Developmental education (DE) reform took place among the 28 Florida College System (FCS) institutions in 2014. In this study, we examine how cohort-based passing rates in college-level English and math courses changed at different colleges for pre- and post-policy period and explore what institutional characteristics were related with various…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, State Legislation
Download full textZhao, Kai; Mokher, Christine G.; Park-Gaghan, Toby J.; Hu, Shouping – AERA Open, 2022
Under Florida's developmental education (DE) reform since 2014, recent public high school graduates and active-duty military personnel became exempt from DE and traditional placement tests. The legislation also required colleges to provide accelerated instruction strategies for students remaining in DE and offer enhanced advising and support…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, Community Colleges, Student Placement
Mokher, Christine G.; Park-Gaghan, Toby; Hu, Shouping – Journal of Higher Education, 2021
Since the 2000s, states have experimented with reforms to improve success among underprepared students traditionally assigned to developmental education (DE). Florida's reform under Senate Bill 1720 has been among the most comprehensive and wide-reaching. Recent public high school graduates and military personnel became exempt from DE, but nearly…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Programs, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Zhao, Kai; Park-Gaghan, Toby J.; Mokhe, Christine G.; Hu, Shouping – Community College Review, 2022
Objective: In 2014, Florida implemented Senate Bill 1720 (SB 1720), which drastically reshaped developmental education practices across the 28 public state colleges. Under the reform, around two-thirds of students became exempt from developmental education. Yet, many students were still required to take the placement test. If they scored below…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, State Colleges, College Students
Nix, Amanda N.; Bertrand Jones, Tamara; Hu, Shouping – Grantee Submission, 2020
When it comes to the creation of higher education policy, state legislators are challenged with addressing the diverse academic needs of college students enrolled across a spectrum of institutions. In this paper, we explore how 203 individuals at five rural-serving colleges in Florida engaged in state-wide developmental education (DE) reform using…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Community Colleges, Educational Change, Program Implementation
Brower, Rebecca L.; Bertrand Jones, Tamara; Hu, Shouping; Park-Gaghan, Toby J. – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background: This multiple case study explores the self-determination needs of academically underprepared students. The context for our study was a sweeping redesign of developmental education (DE) in Florida's community colleges, state-level legislation Senate Bill 1720 (SB 1720), which made DE optional for many students. Purpose of Study: The…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, Two Year College Students
Brower, Rebecca L.; Bertrand Jones, Tamara; Hu, Shouping; Park-Gaghan, Toby J. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Background: This multiple case study explores the self-determination needs of academically underprepared students. The context for our study was a sweeping redesign of developmental education (DE) in Florida's community colleges, state-level legislation Senate Bill 1720 (SB 1720), which made DE optional for many students. Purpose of Study: The…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, Two Year College Students
Hu, Shouping; Park, Toby J.; Woods, Chenoa S.; Tandberg, David A.; Richard, Keith; Hankerson, Dava – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2016
Developmental education courses in college--defined as classes taken in college that are below college level (Bautsch, 2013)--have come under increased scrutiny in recent years. Concerns focus on the large number of students enrolled in developmental education courses, the high cost of providing them, and the low success rates among students who…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Investigations
Brower, Rebecca; Bertrand Jones, Tamara; Tandberg, David; Hu, Shouping; Park, Toby – Grantee Submission, 2017
This study identified the policy perspectives of "street-level bureaucrats" in higher education (in this case, community college personnel) and linked them to a typology of 4 policy implementation patterns. The context for this qualitative study is state legislation in Florida (Florida Senate Bill 1720, 2013) that fundamentally reformed…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Policy, State Policy
Woods, Chenoa S.; Richard, Keith; Park, Toby; Tandberg, David; Hu, Shouping; Bertrand Jones, Tamara – Innovative Higher Education, 2017
In this article we report on our exploration of academic advising practices at 19 community colleges in the Florida College System after the implementation of Senate Bill 1720. This bill made developmental education optional for many students and mandated that colleges provide academic advising for all new students. Descriptive statistics of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Remedial Instruction, Community Colleges, Educational Legislation
Mokher, Christine G.; Park-Gaghan, Toby J.; Hu, Shouping – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background/Context: Underprepared students at community colleges are often assigned to a sequence of developmental education courses that can substantially delay, or even halt, their progress to degree completion. In 2014, Florida implemented a comprehensive reform under Senate Bill (SB) 1720 that allowed the majority of incoming students to…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Instruction, Educational Change
Mokher, Christine G.; Park-Gaghan, Toby J.; Hu, Shouping – Grantee Submission, 2020
Background/Context: Underprepared students at community colleges are often assigned to a sequence of developmental education courses that can substantially delay, or even halt, their progress to degree completion. In 2014, Florida implemented a comprehensive reform under Senate Bill (SB) 1720 that allowed the majority of incoming students to…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, College Credits, Community Colleges
Woods, Chenoa S.; Richard, Keith; Park, Toby; Tandberg, David; Hu, Shouping; Bertrand Jones, Tamara – Grantee Submission, 2016
In this article we report on our exploration of academic advising practices at 19 community colleges in the Florida College System after the implementation of Senate Bill 1720. This bill made developmental education optional for many students and mandated that colleges provide academic advising for all new students. Descriptive statistics of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Remedial Instruction, Educational Legislation, State Legislation
Park, Toby J.; Woods, Chenoa S.; Hu, Shouping; Bertrand Jones, Tamara; Cig, Oguzcan; Tandberg, David – Grantee Submission, 2018
Background: Developmental education (DE) has been critiqued because of its high cost, the inconclusive evidence as to its effectiveness, and the overrepresentation of underrepresented minority students required to take it. Because Black and Hispanic students are more often referred to developmental courses and may require more levels of…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Instruction, Achievement Gap, Introductory Courses
