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Kindle, James – 1981
The Survival Skills Center described in this report operates at Columbia College, CA, to provide individualized instruction in basic reading, writing, and math skills using a series of modules which focus on problems commonly encountered in everyday life. After discussing the need for such instruction among nontraditional students, the paper…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Studies Programs
Peer reviewedGriffith, Marlene; And Others – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1988
Describes Laney College's Project Bridge, a basic skills program designed for underprepared community college students. Discusses the program's basic tenets (i.e., student-centered classrooms, the primacy of spoken language, and incorporation of minority group culture and international awareness). Considers the program's goals and organizational…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Ethnic Studies, Global Approach
Download full textClarke, Johnnie Ruth; And Others – 1976
This monograph, consisting of four sections, focuses on developmental education in the higher education setting. The first section, by Johnnie Ruth Clarke, provides an overall perspective on learning through developmental programs. Included are discussions of the developmental approach, developmental students and instructional activities, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Developmental Studies Programs
PDF pending restorationAmerican Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. – 1983
The Cortland College Skills Center at the State University of New York, Cortland, helps students learn how they learn best, providing assistance in reading, writing, researching, listening, speaking, vocabulary, study skills, math, and standardized test preparation. Services are offered for learning disabled (LD) and handicapped students, and the…
Descriptors: College Programs, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Disabilities
Holmberg, James; And Others – 1979
Nearly 37% (80 students) of the 219 entering, first-time freshmen, who were enrolled in second-level (requiring high school level skills) developmental reading and composition courses at the Community College of Allegheny County, were block-enrolled into a social science/history elective, "Man, Time, and Social Change." The same group of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classes (Groups of Students), College Freshmen, Community Colleges
Galvan, Jose L.; Kamhi-Stein, Lia – 1996
A proposed program in English as a Second Language (ESL) for limited-English-proficient students at California State University at Los Angeles (CSLA) is outlined. Eligible international students and recent immigrants and refugees would be identified and placed using a test of English for academic purposes. The proposed program would consists of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education)
