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Download full textIppolito, Andrew – Achieving the Dream, 2018
Now, more than ever, more adults must earn college credentials in order to earn family sustaining wages and to help fuel and sustain a robust national economy. That means that institutions of higher education must do all they can to help adult students enroll in college and complete a postsecondary credential. Achieving the Dream emphasizes a…
Descriptors: College Students, Adult Students, Career Choice, Community Colleges
Direct linkHoffman, Nancy – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2016
Every young person in the United States, whatever his or her background, wants to grow up to be economically self sufficient, to have a stable and productive career. So "college" is the aspiration for nearly 90 percent of high school seniors who say they will pursue some form of postsecondary education after high school, and nearly 66…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Social Capital, Low Income Students, Training Methods
Demetriou, Cynthia; Powell, Candice – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2014
The primary theoretical tradition in the study of college retention has been sociological. A review and synthesis of common themes of development among traditional-age, college students suggests that a developmental perspective on the retention of youth in college may have more to offer than the dominant sociological paradigm. This article argues…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Persistence, Student Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Schnee, Emily; Shakoor, Jamil – Journal of Basic Writing, 2016
This article explores one basic writer's evolution as he moves from the lowest level of developmental English at a community college to graduate with a Bachelor's degree. Combining personal narrative, essay excerpts, and textual analysis, this piece aims to expand the borders of scholarship in composition studies to include basic writers as…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Student Development, Basic Writing
Rugyendo, Medard – Christian Higher Education, 2015
This article examines the role of Uganda Christian University (UCU) in devising strategies for the sustenance of Christian faith in one's career for the betterment of the society despite its social ills. The current theme of UCU is "A Complete Education for a Complete Person." As a Christian university, UCU seeks to provide a positive…
Descriptors: Career Development, Change Strategies, Spiritual Development, Beliefs
BC Student Outcomes, 2015
The Developmental Student Outcomes (DEVSO) Survey is one of four annual surveys that make up the British Columbia (BC) Student Outcomes project. This report presents the system-level findings from the 2014 Developmental Student Outcomes Survey. The results included in the report were analysed by demographic characteristics and other factors. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Basic Education, Student Development, Student Surveys
BC Student Outcomes, 2013
The Developmental Student Outcomes (DEVSO) Survey is one of four annual surveys that make up the British Columbia (BC) Student Outcomes project. This report presents a summary of the findings from the 2013 Developmental Student Outcomes Survey. The results included in the report were analysed by demographic characteristics and other factors. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Basic Education, Student Development, Student Surveys
BC Student Outcomes, 2012
The Developmental Student Outcomes (DEVSO) Survey is one of four annual surveys that make up the British Columbia (BC) Student Outcomes project. This report presents a summary of the findings from the 2012 Developmental Student Outcomes Survey. The results included in the report were analysed by demographic characteristics and other factors. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Basic Education, Student Development, Student Surveys
Peer reviewedGood, Jennifer M. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2000
Advocates the use of single-subject experimental design as a method of evaluation in a language arts component of a developmental education program. Measures student outcomes of literacy growth as a part of instruction. The rate and degree of growth varied between individuals, indicating which students benefited most from specific instructional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Language Arts
Peer reviewedFinn, Laurie L. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1999
Studies differences between learning-disabilities (LD) programs at five Midwest colleges and universities to determine differences between programs at community colleges and four-year institutions, levels of satisfaction with LD programming, and services most important to students. Reveals that the types of LD services offered among institutions…
Descriptors: College Environment, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedYoung, Dawn B.; Ley, Kathryn – Learning Assistance Review, 1997
Compares the self-reported study behaviors of developmental students to those of regular admission students. The virtually identical self-reported study skills between the groups may be an artifact of using a Likert study skill measure. Discusses the rationale and evidence from other studies that substantiate the threat to validity posed by using…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs
PDF pending restorationLyons, J. Doyle – 1990
Upon entry to New River Community College (NRCC), placement tests are administered to students enrolling in curricula and to students enrolling in English and mathematics classes. Based on preestablished cutoff scores on the placement tests, students are advised by counselors to take appropriate courses. In 1990, NRCC tracked students from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Houston Community Coll. System, TX. – 1998
In the prevailing atmosphere of concern for basic skills development, Houston Community College System (HCCS) faculty and administration perceived the need for a self-evaluation of HCCS's developmental studies programs. The purposes of the resulting study are: (1) to evaluate the effectiveness of the institution's developmental studies programs by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills, College Outcomes Assessment
