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Transitions in Higher Education

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Hussey, Trevor; Smith, Patrick – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2010

This paper offers ideas towards a solution of some of the problems that arise due to the extension of higher education to an ever wider range of students: especially student drop-out. It suggests that, as far as is practical, the design and delivery of higher education should be based upon the major changes or transitions which the students…

Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Design, Instructional Development, Transitional Programs

Encouraging Autonomy and Preparing for IELTS: Mutually Exclusive Goals?

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Barrett-Lennard, Siri – Prospect, 1997

Suggests foreign students in Australia may not be getting preparation needed to integrate successfully into university study. Research is reviewed that indicates these students not only need help preparing for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) but also with learning at an Australian university. Academic preparation courses…

Descriptors: College Preparation, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, English (Second Language)

Research, Classroom Practice, Programs. Improving the Odds: Helping ESL Students Succeed. Selected Papers from the CUNY ESL Council Conference (New York, New York, February 1987).

City Univ. of New York, NY. Instructional Resource Center. – 1988

Papers presented at the City University of New York's English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) Council conference on maximizing the chances for success of limited-English-proficient college students include the following: "Thresholds, Alienation, and Syntax" (Geoffrey Summerfield); "Storytelling: Starting with the Familiar" (A. Duku…

Descriptors: Alienation, Classroom Techniques, College Bound Students, Developmental Studies Programs