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Jackie Hoermann-Elliott; Shawnda Smith; Mark S. Hamner; Michael Stankey – Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2025
In response to soaring developmental education enrollments in Texas, the Pioneer Prep Program at Texas Woman's University (TWU) was designed as an alternative pathways-to-placement program for students who neither passed the Texas Success Initiative Assessment (TSIA) nor met other college-readiness benchmarks needed to enroll in college-level…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Student Placement, College English, College Mathematics
Cindy Allen; Anita Biber; Angela Chilton; Leslie Johnson – Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2018
Texas House Bill 2223 (2017) was developed to accelerate underprepared students' persistence and successful completion of credit-bearing college-level courses. This new corequisite mandate allows underprepared students to enroll in entry-level college courses and requires co-enrollment in a developmental education course/intervention designed to…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Academic Persistence, College Students
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Hillary Procknow; Leta Deithoff; Van Herd – Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2018
This article details the efforts that the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) office at a large research university made toward piloting, refining, and scaling corequisite courses for students who require developmental education. House Bill 2223, passed by the Texas Legislature in June of 2017, requires public institutions to increase the percentage of…
Descriptors: Research Universities, College Students, College Preparation, Educational Legislation