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Download full textMayer, Alexander – MDRC, 2018
In this testimony by Alexander Mayer, Deputy Director, Postsecondary Education, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC), Before the New Jersey State Assembly Higher Education Committee, the following three points are emphasized: (1) Developmental education is a major challenge facing low-income college students in New Jersey and across…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Low Income Groups, Barriers, College Students
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The primary purpose of the study was to explore the potential impact of voluntary remediation on success in gateway credit courses (ENC1101 and MAT1033) and on minority and low-income students in Florida. Mean grades and proportions of successful students were compared based on remediation policies and students' voluntary completion of a…
Descriptors: Remedial Instruction, Minority Group Students, Low Income Groups, Comparative Analysis
Jones, Tiffany; Assalone, Amanda – Southern Education Foundation, 2016
The Southern Education Foundation's (SEF) Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) Consortium for Innovation and Change was instituted in 2011 to advance creative and promising initiatives that enhance institutional practice and student outcomes. In keeping with the SEF mission, these innovations specifically address educational barriers that…
Descriptors: Barriers, Low Income Groups, Minority Group Students, Higher Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Higher Education Opportunity Programs. – 1985
A guide to the opportunities at private colleges and universities in New York State through the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) is presented. The HEOP is designed to meet the special needs of students from disadvantaged backgrounds through screening, testing, counseling, tutoring, teaching, and financial assistance. Generally, students…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Developmental Studies Programs, Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Higher Education Opportunity Programs. – 1986
The Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) at New York independent colleges and universities is described. Information is provided on eligibility and admission to a HEOP; remedial and developmental courses; tutorial services; academic, personal, and career counseling; financial aid; and economic eligibility criteria. HEOP provides supportive…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Developmental Studies Programs, Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Higher Education Opportunity Programs. – 1984
Information on the Higher Education Opportunity Programs (HEOP) at private colleges and universities in New York is provided. HEOP provides supportive services and financial aid to state residents attending private institutions in the state. The objective is to meet the special needs of students from disadvantaged backgrounds through such…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Career Counseling, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Higher Education Opportunity Programs. – 1984
The 1983-1984 annual report of the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) at New York independent colleges and universities is presented. Information is provided on program administration, eligibility and student characteristics, campus programs, student achievement, and program financing. The state appropriated almost $11.5 million to serve…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary School Services, Developmental Studies Programs, Disadvantaged
Gill, Wanda E. – 1985
Information is presented to demonstrate that Bowie State College could benefit from support to the Special Services for Disadvantaged Students Project (Special Services). In spring 1983, 73.7 percent of the 1,619 undergraduates were black. The mean Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) verbal score for 1982 incoming female freshmen was 287, compared to…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Aptitude, Accessibility (for Disabled), Ancillary School Services
Clery, Sue – Achieving the Dream, 2006
Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community College Count, this issue of "Data Notes" looks at the percentage of students referred to developmental education and, of those referred, the percentage that attempted and completed at least one developmental education course in their first and second terms. The data show that more than 80…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Academic Support Services, Minority Group Students, Racial Differences
