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Peer reviewedGardner, John N. – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2000
Claims developmental education has been the central medium of upward social mobility for the American lower and middle classes. Outlines the accomplishments of developmental educators as well as the national trends that bear directly upon the work of developmental educators. (NH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Freshmen, Developmental Studies Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Noel, Lee, Ed.; Levitz, Randi, Ed. – 1982
Program descriptions, articles, an annotated bibliography, and a survey report on programs and services for students who are underprepared for college work as freshmen are presented. The survey report considers program design and delivery strategies at about 300 colleges, and the program descriptions concern: advising, basic skills instruction and…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Ancillary School Services, Basic Skills, College Freshmen
Download full textInstitute for Services to Education, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1980
A guide to the implementation of the Entry Level Skills Program (ELSP) and a conceptual framework for evaluation research is presented. Attention is directed to strategies for the attainment of goals and management of the ELSP project, which is a developmental program for freshmen students who have not acquired the full range or level of cognitive…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Criterion Referenced Tests, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Research
Direct linkUpcraft, M. Lee, Ed.; Gardner, John N., Ed.; Barefoot, Betsy O., Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2004
An authoritative, comprehensive guide to the first year of college, this book includes the most current information about the policies, strategies, programs, and services designed to help first-year students make a successful transition to college and fulfill their educational and personal goals. Following the introduction, "The First Year of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Faculty Development, Urban Universities, Supplementary Education
