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Who Benefits and under What Conditions from Developmental Education Reform? Key Takeaways from Florida's Statewide Initiative
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Mokher, Christine G.; Park-Gaghan, Toby J.; Hu, Shouping – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2023
Florida's developmental education reform has benefitted most students directly impacted by the reform and has helped to reduce existing achievement gaps by race/ethnicity, English Language Learner status, and academic preparation in short-term outcomes like college course-taking and credit accumulation. Even though the reform was not specifically…
Descriptors: Remedial Instruction, Educational Change, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap
Exploring Institutional Change in the Context of a Statewide Developmental Education Reform in Florida
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Mokher, Christine G.; Spencer, Hayley; Park, Toby J.; Hu, Shouping – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
We explore institutional change and organizational learning in higher education in the context of a large-scale reform of developmental education in Florida. We use statewide survey data to examine administrators' perceptions of the use and effectiveness of accountability metrics, methods to identify solutions to improve student outcomes, and…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Higher Education, College Administration, Administrator Attitudes
Exploring Institutional Change in the Context of a Statewide Developmental Education Reform in Florida
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Mokher, Christine G.; Spencer, Hayley; Park, Toby J.; Hu, Shouping – Grantee Submission, 2020
We explore institutional change and organizational learning in higher education in the context of a large-scale reform of developmental education in Florida. We use statewide survey data to examine administrators' perceptions of the use and effectiveness of accountability metrics, methods to identify solutions to improve student outcomes, and…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Higher Education, College Administration, Administrator Attitudes
Do Rising Tides Lift All Boats? Exploring Heterogenous Effects of Florida's Developmental Education Reform by High School Academic Preparation
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Park-Gaghan, Toby J.; Mokher, Christine G.; Spencer, Hayley; Hu, Shouping – American Journal of Education, 2021
Underprepared students at community colleges are often assigned to a sequence of developmental education (DE) courses that can substantially delay, or even halt, their progress to degree completion. In 2014, Florida took a drastic step forward when it implemented a comprehensive DE reform. Our findings show large, positive base effects of the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Educational Change, Remedial Instruction
Academic Advising, Remedial Courses, and Legislative Mandates: An Exploration of Academic Advising in Florida Community Colleges with Optional Developmental Education
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Woods, Chenoa S.; Richard, Keith; Park, Toby; Tandberg, David; Hu, Shouping; Bertrand Jones, Tamara – Innovative Higher Education, 2017
In this article we report on our exploration of academic advising practices at 19 community colleges in the Florida College System after the implementation of Senate Bill 1720. This bill made developmental education optional for many students and mandated that colleges provide academic advising for all new students. Descriptive statistics of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Remedial Instruction, Community Colleges, Educational Legislation
The Effect of Florida's Bright Futures Program on College Enrollment and Degree Production: An Aggregated-Level Analysis
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Zhang, Liang; Hu, Shouping; Sensenig, Victor – Research in Higher Education, 2013
In this study, we investigate the impact of the Bright Futures Scholarship Program on college enrollment and degree production in Florida by using IPEDS enrollment, migration, and completion data. Results suggest large and significant enrollment effects at Florida's public 4- and 2-year institutions, for both full-time and part-time enrollment.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, State Programs, Merit Scholarships, Enrollment
The Influence of Student Engagement and Sport Participation on College Outcomes among Division I Student Athletes
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Gayles, Joy Gaston; Hu, Shouping – Journal of Higher Education, 2009
Most of the internal and public scrutiny of college sports involves high profile athletes in sports such as football and men's basketball; yet, recent research on the impact of sport participation on student learning and development has largely focused on comparing all athletes to their non-athlete peers across institutional types. There is a need…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Athletes, Program Effectiveness, Colleges
Assessing the Impact of Reading Interventions: Indiana's Early Literacy Intervention Grant Program. Policy Research Report.
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St. John, Edward P.; Manset, Genevieve; Hu, Shouping; Simmons, Ada; Michael, Robert – 2000
This paper develops and tests a new logical model for assessing the impact of early reading interventions. The analyses use a survey of Indiana's elementary schools, including schools funded for Reading Recovery and classwide interventions, as well as a group of control schools. The findings indicate that state-funded Reading Recovery was…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Models, Parent Participation, Primary Education