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University System of Georgia, Atlanta. – 1984
A response to the allegation that the University System of Georgia's use of the Regents' Test Program as a graduation requirement is discriminatory is presented. The U.S. Department of Education has alleged that the test has discriminated against students who attend the traditionally black institutions (TBIs). The Federal Government also cites the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Black Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Discrimination
Download full textMaryland State Higher Education Commission, Annapolis. – 1996
This report details results of a Maryland statewide survey of remedial education at public colleges and universities for students enrolled in the 1994-95 academic year. The study included an examination of the number and type of students who required remediation, the policies and standards used to determine student placement, the success of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Preparation, Community Colleges, Compensatory Education
Maryland State Board for Higher Education, Annapolis. – 1985
Results of a study of remedial education at all Maryland public colleges and universities, except for three campuses, are presented. Findings include: (1) by fall 1985 all institutions will have in place a systematic screening process to identify students lacking in one or more basic skill areas; (2) while all campuses collect some evaluative data…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Gill, Wanda E. – 1986
Information on Bowie State College (Maryland), its students, and the performance of participants in the Special Services Project is presented to demonstrate a need for the project in 1986. After briefly describing the college and its goals, a literature review addresses the need for special services for specific student groups. Bowie State College…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Disabilities
Lyons, Linda – 1994
Jersey City State College (New Jersey) developed a local evaluation model to assess all salient aspects of the institution's basic skills program. The college's Academic Foundations Program was implemented to address the needs of urban educationally disadvantaged students. It includes faculty and staff development and research, freshman course…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Freshmen, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Assessment
Gill, Wanda E. – 1985
Information is presented to demonstrate that Bowie State College could benefit from support to the Special Services for Disadvantaged Students Project (Special Services). In spring 1983, 73.7 percent of the 1,619 undergraduates were black. The mean Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) verbal score for 1982 incoming female freshmen was 287, compared to…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Aptitude, Accessibility (for Disabled), Ancillary School Services
Johnson, Jerome A.; And Others – 1980
As part of a research project undertaken to strengthen vocational and academic counseling for high risk students in Oregon's community colleges, this report provides four essays which review the literature and state of the art of assessment, developmental education, career development, and faculty advising at the community college level. First,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Community Colleges, Counseling Techniques
