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Direct linkMills, Kay – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
This article discusses the successful use of technology, rather than lectures, by Tennessee's community colleges to teach developmental reading and math. The redesign occurred with the support of the National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT). In fall 2007, the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) staff convened meetings to familiarize its…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Governing Boards, School Holding Power
Download full textDoran, Linda D. – 1987
The Tennessee State University and Community College System is focusing special attention on a particular population of nontraditional students--academically underprepared adults. In 1985, the State Board of Regents implemented the Academic Assessment and Placement Program (AAPP) at the system's universities and two-year colleges. The entry-level…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Programs, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs
Peer reviewedRiggs, Robert O.; And Others – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1990
Examines the impact of statewide mandatory testing and placement in Tennessee's community colleges on the retention and academic progress of minority students. Reports that attrition is higher for developmental students and higher for minority than White students. Few Blacks enroll directly in college-level courses and fewer still persist for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Brown, Carolyn Hawkins – 1991
In 1990, a study was conducted to determine whether a relationship existed between the attitudes of directors and instructors regarding developmental education and students' ratings of their courses or instructors in remedial and developmental studies. Eleven of Tennessee's 12 community colleges participated in the project. Data were collected…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Questionnaires, Remedial Instruction
