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Direct linkKonrad, Moira; Luu, Ken C. T.; Rowe, Dawn A.; Mazzotti, Valerie L.; Kelley, Kelly R.; Mustian, April L.; Keesey, Susan; Fishley, Katelyn M. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2009
This column provides brief summaries of transition-related articles published in 2008 in other professional journals. The 70 articles included descriptive, experimental, and qualitative research as well as program descriptions, conceptual papers, and practitioner pieces. All areas of Kohler's (1996) Kohler, P. D. (1996). "Preparing youth with…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Family Involvement, Classification, Student Development
Bulger, Sean M.; Lindauer, Jeff R.; Jacobson, Bill – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2007
The senior-year experience represents a critical period as students prepare to make the transition from their familiar academic surroundings to post-college life. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a professional development curricular strand that has been infused across an undergraduate curriculum. This curricular…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Focus Groups, Professional Development, Developmental Studies Programs
Download full textPobywajlo, Margaret – 1989
The Alternative Freshman Year (AFY) program instituted at a community college extension of an eastern university can serve as a model for other developmental education programs. The program, now in its fourth year, helps to upgrade the language and math skills of academically and emotionally unprepared students. Students are admitted to the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Language Skills
Peer reviewedHigbee, Jeanne L.; And Others – Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 1991
Addresses the role of higher education in responding to the academic and developmental needs of underprepared students. Describes some common characteristics of underprepared students. Explores the options of meeting the needs of these students with integrated versus separate services, presenting arguments for both sides. Discusses role of student…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Preparation, College Role, College Students
PDF pending restorationHigbee, Jeanne L., Ed.; Dwinell, Patricia L., Ed. – 1998
The 16 chapters of this volume describe a wide variety of developmental programs intended to promote skill development and enhance academic performance for high-risk students at all levels of higher education. Following an introductory chapter by the editors, the chapters are: (1) "The Origin, Scope, and Outcomes of Developmental Education in the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Admission, College Bound Students, College Freshmen
South Carolina Univ., Columbia. National Resource Center for the Freshman Year Experience. – 1994
This document presents the program and proceedings of a national forum on new students with disabilities and includes abstracts of presentations by 22 institutions as well as specific conference information. The following institutions are represented: (1) Algonquin College (Ontario, Canada), (2) Austin Peay State University (Tennessee), (3)…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, Colleges, Community Colleges
Littleton, Roosevelt, Jr. – 1998
Although community colleges currently account for over half of minority enrollment in America, there is controversy regarding whether the colleges actually provide minority students with access to higher education or merely track them into low-level studies. A number of barriers to success face minority community college students, such as…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Curriculum, College Preparation, College Role
