In 1993, Research and Teaching in Developmental Education published a commentary by Dr. Jeanne L. Higbee titled "Developmental versus Remedial: More than Semantics," expecting a response from the readership that never materialized. In this article, the author once again challenges developmental educators to reevaluate their mission and focus on…

Shares the author's beliefs about the practice of teaching developmental writing in an attempt to get colleagues in other academic settings involved in a dialogue about the writing philosophies in their practices. Presents an interest in the beliefs and theories that form the foundation of what others do in their writing programs. (VWC)

States that learning assistance centers are often caught in the throws of controversy at institutions of higher education. Examines some of the causal contributors to this controversy in an attempt to help learning assistance professionals identify the strategies necessary to preserve their centers' integrity in good and difficult financial times.…

Presents an interview with Dr. Martha Maxwell, author of five books on student learning skills, regarding the field of developmental education. Discusses how developmental education began and where Dr. Maxwell sees it going. Describes her feelings about the recent attempts at privatization; the chronic funding problems; and the ongoing question of…

Argues that demandingness, responsiveness, and self-regulation could be used to organize, explain, and predict useful techniques for developmental education practitioners. Also contends that student self-regulation is developed in demanding and supportive environments. Stresses the need for a training initiative in developmental education.…

Suggests that higher education historians often ignore or minimize the history of developmental education. Argues that this memory distortion may be an effort to avoid the discomfort of facing the history of inequity in higher education. (Contains 28 references.) (NB)

Asserts that as developmental education is being attacked by cost-minded legislators, developmental educators must do a better job of advertising its benefits. Outlines the benefits of developmental education for both underprepared and prepared individuals, society, faculty, and administrators. Claims that developmental education enhances student…

Presents an action plan for the many developmental educators who have been enraged by the entry of private companies into the developmental education field. Asserts that developmental educators should combine the best that learning assistance has to offer with the best that the private companies have to offer, within a framework and language that…

Asserts that teaching as a political act, a construct supported by critical theorists, is appropriate for the developmental educator. Education is a means of exciting the active and critical minds of students, of breaking through the boundaries of traditional learning on college campus through authentic dialogue and the critical exploration of the…