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Tutoring Companies Take Over Remedial Teaching at Some Colleges.

Gose, Ben – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997

Kaplan Educational Centers and Sylvan Learning Centers, private remedial instruction programs, are being used increasingly to move students through college remedial programs more quickly, either through oversight or teaching. One uses its own instructors; the other hires teachers already employed by client colleges. Some find the services…

Descriptors: College Instruction, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Proprietary Schools

Using 6 Weeks in the Summer To Offset 4 Years of Poor Training in High School.

Healy, Patrick – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998

The City University of New York (CUNY) New York City Technical College (New York) piloted an "immersion" developmental-studies program for CUNY applicants who failed one or more of three admissions assessments (reading, writing, mathematics). If successful, the program may serve as a case study for remediation reform. The program…

Descriptors: Case Studies, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Preparation