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Direct linkHarmon, Martino – ProQuest LLC, 2013
According to the American Association of Community Colleges (2010), more than 40% of all African American students enrolled in postsecondary education are enrolled in two-year colleges. A review of the literature indicated that improving persistence and completion rates for African American students is a challenge that two-year colleges face. This…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges, African American Students, Student Personnel Services
Download full textMorris, Cathy; Vorp, Ron – 1996
In 1996, Florida's Miami-Dade Community College conducted a study to examine the college preparatory completion rates of first-time degree-seeking students based on their verbal and mathematics entry-level placement scores. Results include the following: (1) fewer than 30% of students scoring at the lowest level on the mathematics placement test…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Studies Programs, Mathematical Aptitude
Peer reviewedJohnson, Laurence F. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1996
Discusses a study examining the relationship between student academic performance in an exit-level, developmental mathematics course and subsequent academic performance in a college-level mathematics course. Finds that developmental course performance and student age were significantly and positively related to academic success, while length of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, College Mathematics, Community Colleges
PDF pending restorationStrehlow, Betty J. – 1996
A study was undertaken at Willmar Community College (WCC), in Minnesota, to assess the effectiveness of the developmental writing program and to identify which demographic and educational characteristics predicted final grades in college-level English courses. The study sample included all students who enrolled at WCC during the 1992-93 academic…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Studies Programs
PDF pending restorationAllan, Beverly; And Others – 1995
In August 1993, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, in Virginia, undertook a study of developmental education (DE) practices in community colleges in Virginia and the other 14 member states of the Southern Regional Education Board to determine factors associated with program effectiveness. Surveys were mailed to the presidents of 313 two-year…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems
Beavers, Jerry L. – 1983
In January 1982, Wytheville Community College (WCC) adopted the English Qualifying Exam (EQE) as a mandatory placement test for all students wishing to enter English 101 or 111 (two first-quarter, college-level courses). Although the EQE proved suitable for placing students and predicting the number of quarters that would be required to complete…
Descriptors: College English, Community Colleges, Cutting Scores, Developmental Studies Programs
Gold, Ben K. – 1981
A study was conducted by Los Angeles City College (LACC) to measure the academic achievement of 103 day and 34 evening students enrolled during Fall 1980 in Developmental Communication 20, a course in basic reading and writing skills. During the study, five measures of academic achievement were recorded for each student: first- and last-week…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Day Students
Roberts, Keith J. – 1986
A series of studies were conducted at Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) to determine the relationship of basic skills assessment test scores, sex, and race to student success for the following groups of fall 1985 students: 229 developmental studies (Crossover Program); 501 associate degree level students; 66 business and graphic arts…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, College Programs, Community Colleges
McCoy, Kay R. – 1991
Drawing from studies conducted at Prince George's Community College (PGCC) between 1989 and 1991, this report offers a profile of developmental students at PGCC and an analysis of the remedial education needs of fall 1990 first-time students. The first section of the report reviews findings from a number of statewide and institutional studies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills, College Role
Harris, Howard L.; Hansson, Claudia J. – 1986
In fall 1985, a study was conducted at Cosumnes River College (CRC) to obtain information about the college's PREP (Personal development, Reading/writing skills, Educational goals, and Preparing for the future) program, follow-up data on students who have enrolled in remedial and non-remedial courses, and enrollment data on remedial students and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College English, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
