Faced with many applicants with very low math skills, community colleges are responding with a variety of reforms, including restricting developmental courses to students with high-school-level skills. This brief provides context for the policy changes and describes the alternatives two colleges offer to those who don't make the cut. [This brief…

We examine the impact of remedial and developmental courses on college students with varying levels of academic preparedness, thus focusing on a wider range of students than previous studies. Using a regression discontinuity design, we provide causal estimates of the effects of placement in different levels of remedial courses on short-,…

This study explored the lived experiences of community college students who successfully completed developmental reading courses. The purpose of the study was to identify common experiences of successful students. A narrative inquiry was used and data were collected through individual interviews. The researcher concluded that successful students…

This conference explores the implication of quality and person-centered revolutions in higher education. Specific objectives are to: (1) identify who the new learners are and how to diagnose their abilities and needs; (2) hear distinguished educators discuss possible nontraditional institutional responses to new learners; (3) examine a variety of…

The Developmental Studies Division of Thomas Nelson Community College provides developmental verbal and mathematics courses to enable inadequately prepared students to obtain the necessary knowledge and basic skills for entry into an associate degree program. A study was conducted to determine if those students who complete the objectives of the…