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Shields, Katherine A.; O'Dwyer, Laura M. – Journal of Higher Education, 2017
This study compared the postsecondary outcomes of students who enrolled in remedial (sometimes called "developmental") courses in college and their peers who did not. The analysis examined the relationship between postsecondary remediation and the odds of achieving 3 postsecondary outcomes and explored how these relationships varied…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Remedial Instruction, Developmental Studies Programs, Academic Persistence
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2010
This system summary highlights the high school graduates who attended a community or technical college in the year following graduation (Part A and B). Part C provides information on the students who delayed enrollment at the college for one or two years after high school graduation. Part D describes the expenditures for pre-college courses.…
Descriptors: College Students, Technical Institutes, High School Graduates, Associate Degrees
Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2009
This annual newsletter contains updates on the latest CCRC research, new publications and details of upcoming presentations at major conferences. The feature article in this issue, "Addressing the Needs of Underprepared Students," by Thomas Bailey, summarizes the discussion found in the paper "Challenge and Opportunity: Rethinking…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Research, Remedial Instruction, Developmental Studies Programs
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2009
This report provides system-level summary highlights of pre-college course-taking behavior of high school graduates who attended a community or technical college in the year following graduation, and of those who delayed enrollment at the college for one or two years after high school graduation. The report contains information on these enrollment…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Courses, Student Characteristics, Racial Differences
Florida State House of Representatives, Tallahassee. – 1996
This analysis of postsecondary student preparedness and remedial education needs attending Florida community colleges focuses on two cohorts: 125,000 first-time-enrolled community college students enrolled in a community college over a three-semester period during 1993-94 and a cohort of over 18,000 public high school graduates (1994) enrolled in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Associate Degrees, College Preparation