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Peer reviewedArendale, David R. – Learning Assistance Review, 2002
Suggests that higher education historians often ignore or minimize the history of developmental education. Argues that this memory distortion may be an effort to avoid the discomfort of facing the history of inequity in higher education. (Contains 28 references.) (NB)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational History
Alford, Schevaletta M. – Journal of Educational Opportunity, 1997
A program to mesh the skills of counselors and tutors was implemented in an educational-opportunity program designed to serve underprepared and economically disadvantaged students at a New York four-year college in the late 1980s. The model's success resulted in additional private funding at the original site and incorporation of the model into…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Developmental Studies Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
State Univ. of New York, Albany. – 1987
Information on programs that address special needs of students from disadvantaged backgrounds who attend private colleges and universities in New York State is provided in separate English and Spanish reports. The Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) provides supportive services and financial aid. Information is provided on: eligibility for…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Career Counseling, College Students, Compensatory Education
Download full textBrown, Janet R.; And Others – 1989
Rockland Community College's (RCC) Developmental Studies Department serves students in need of remedial/developmental education, and more than 40% of RCC's entering freshmen are enrolled in the department yearly. The federally funded Special Services Project provides supplemental tutorial services for the most severely financially and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Martin, Margaret R.; Brown, Janet R. – 1987
This report presents information on the third year (1986-87) of the third cycle of Rockland Community College's (RCC) Special Services Project, a program providing remedial and English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction, counseling, and tutorial services for educationally and economically disadvantaged students. The report examines the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Ford Foundation, New York, NY. – 1981
A Ford Foundation program funded individual institutional programs focusing on higher education access and success for the inner-city poor, including remediation of basic skills, academic counseling and diagnosis of learning problems, and information services to help individuals make program choices. Three institutional programs are reported. In…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Basic Skills
Brown, Janet R.; And Others – 1988
Descriptive and evaluative information is provided on Rockland Community College's (RCC's) Developmental Studies Department and its Special Services Project for economically and educationally disadvantaged students. Section I describes the functions of the Developmental Studies Department, which provides courses and services to help underprepared…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
