Robert L. Somers, who directs the Telementoring Project at Appalachian State University, explains the project's efforts to develop inservice training packages and deliver them to developmental educators nationwide using a variety of telecommunications technologies. Reviews technical and financial aspects of project participations. (AYC)

Describes LaGuardia Community College's two-phase developmental studies program, which consists of a basic skills program (in which students are assigned a package of courses based on their abilities) and basic skills instruction integrated into content area courses. Covers program content and administration, teacher training, and evaluation…

This three-part report describes the Bridging Program at San Diego Mesa College (SDMC), a basic skills program to prepare students functioning at the 7th grade level or below and to thus provide a bridge between developmental education and adult basic education (ABE). Part I begins with a review of the program's background and a list of its…