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| Community College Frontiers | 8 |
Author
| Barnes, Katherine | 1 |
| Erickson, Michael E. | 1 |
| Green, Nancy | 1 |
| Hammons, James O. | 1 |
| Hill, Andrew | 1 |
| Kaltenbach, Joan | 1 |
| Lyons, Mary | 1 |
| Pepper, Janelle D. | 1 |
| Rosica, Anthony D. | 1 |
| Sanchez, Bonnie M. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
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Sanchez, Bonnie M. – Community College Frontiers, 1977
Highlights documents in the ERIC collection pertaining to remedial and developmental programs in two-year colleges. (DC)
Descriptors: Citations (References), Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Erickson, Michael E.; Rosica, Anthony D. – Community College Frontiers, 1978
Expresses position that the development of academic and interpersonal skills through developmental programs is a legitimate function of any comprehensive community/junior college and that the granting of college credit for time spent acquiring skills legitimizes learning. Also deals with objections to granting college credit for remedial courses.…
Descriptors: College Credits, Community Colleges, Credit Courses, Developmental Programs
Hill, Andrew – Community College Frontiers, 1978
Includes abstracts of documents in the ERIC junior-college collection that deal with the special programs or techniques used by two-year colleges to help students needing remedial or developmental work. (TP)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs
Barnes, Katherine – Community College Frontiers, 1973
Considered developmental services, in which the community college seems to be chiefly manifested. Author expected to convince others that the junior college idea can really be made to work. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Educational Attitudes, Educational Objectives
Kaltenbach, Joan – Community College Frontiers, 1979
Describes the goals and status of developmental courses at Lewis and Clark Community College as they were when the college changed from a private to a public two-year college and relates present goals and status. Discusses growth in remedial enrollment, program expansion, and the importance of student evaluation and placement. (DD)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Objectives, Developmental Programs, Program Descriptions
Pepper, Janelle D. – Community College Frontiers, 1978
Reports the success of the remedial/foundations courses at the University of Houston Downtown College and their incorporation into regular university structure, and describes the increasing acceptance of special student support services. Includes a bibliography. (TP)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Role, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs
Green, Nancy – Community College Frontiers, 1977
Describes the "Quest for Identity" program at Central YMCA Community College (Chicago). This program strives to give disadvantaged students in their first semester of college a sense of belonging in the college environment and a higher academic self-esteem. It offers a Human Relations Workshop, remedial courses in composition, reading,…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs
Hammons, James O.; Lyons, Mary – Community College Frontiers, 1977
Discusses the decisions colleges must make in planning programs for nontraditional or high risk students and categorizes these decisions under four areas: (1) organizational considerations; (2) program dimensions, i.e. content and instructional strategies; (3) decisions about students; and (4) program evaluation procedures. (JG)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Community Colleges, Decision Making, Developmental Programs
