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Download full textMartin, Margaret R.; Chapline, Elaine B. – 1984
This report provides information on the final year (1983-84) of the second cycle (1980-1984) of Rockland Community College's Special Services Project (SSP), a program which provides supplemental instructional and counseling services for educationally and economically disadvantaged students through its College Skills Program, remedial/developmental…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Martin, Margaret R.; Chapline, Elaine B. – 1986
This report provides information on the first year (1984-85) of the third cycle of Rockland Community College's Special Services Project (SSP), a program which provides supplemental instructional and counseling services for educationally and economically disadvantaged students through college skills courses, remedial/developmental courses, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
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
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
Bitterlin, Gretchen – 1981
This three-part report describes the Bridging Program at San Diego Mesa College (SDMC), a basic skills program to prepare students functioning at the 7th grade level or below and to thus provide a bridge between developmental education and adult basic education (ABE). Part I begins with a review of the program's background and a list of its…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Compensatory Education
Herrscher, Barton R.; Watkins, Karen – 1980
Information and exercises in this two-part learning module are provided to acquaint instructors with the educational theory behind competency-based education (CBE) and to help them apply this theory in the classroom. Part I of the module discusses: (1) the defining characteristics of CBE, in which instructional processes are designed to facilitate…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Course Objectives
Linthicum, Dorothy S. – 1980
In 1979-80, a study was conducted at Dundalk Community College (DCC) to assess the procedures and instruments used to place students in the three options of its developmental education program: Option A (for students with the lowest assessment scores), Option B (for those with low assessment scores), and regular developmental courses. The study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Measures, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1980
This three-part report summarizes the accomplishments of Illinois' Disadvantaged Student Grant Program, through which public community colleges receive special funds for aiding educationally disadvantaged students on the basis of enrollment in remedial and developmental courses. Part I presents anecdotal accounts of exemplary student achievements…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adult Education, Annual Reports, Community Colleges
PDF pending restorationHaeuser, Patricia N. – 1993
Despite their vital role in open-access, two-year colleges, remedial education efforts have increasingly come under attack by legislators and the public, who view such programs as duplicating the appropriate function of high schools, and who believe that limited state resources should be devoted to more prestigious programs. For a college to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
West, Linden – 1992
This paper explores two interrelated dimensions of access--opportunities for progression and educational orientation, and offers various insights into what has been termed the "democratic imperative" in American higher education. It also addressed the responsiveness of institutions and faculty in access and other programs to the needs and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, College Attendance, College Role
Burns, Charles A., Ed.; And Others – 1992
This journal presents a cross-section of current ideas on how to teach and advise community college students and promote positive social interactions with the local community. The issue contains: (1) "Characteristics of an Excellent Teacher," by Cherie Corr, Joan Shack, and Anthony Walsh; (2) "Information Literacy: Progress and Prospects in the…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Instruction, College Libraries, Community Colleges
Brown, Janet R.; And Others – 1992
The Developmental Studies Department (DSD) at Rockland Community College (RCC), in Suffern, New York, provides courses and services to assist students lacking college-level skills in the areas of reading, writing, mathematics, study skills, and English. An additional pilot project, the RCC/Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) has…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education, Developmental Studies Programs
Peer reviewedHolleman, Margaret, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
With the availability of technologically advanced instructional delivery systems, and the educational reform efforts of state and federal governments, the role and importance of community college learning resource centers (LRC's) have expanded tremendously since their experimental beginnings in 1939. This volume contains the following articles…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, College Libraries, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges
Martin, Margaret R.; Brown, Janet R. – 1986
This report provides information on the second year (1985-86) of the third cycle of Rockland Community College's (RCC's) Special Services Project, a program providing supplemental instructional, counseling, and tutorial services for educationally and economically disadvantaged students through college skills courses, remedial/developmental…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Conrad, Delora P. – 1979
The Student Advancement in Learning (SAIL) project was instituted at Northwest Alabama State Junior College (NASJC) to increase the retention of high risk students through a combination of courses and services in the areas of academic and personal development, career exploration, individual counseling, and financial aid. During the planning stages…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Counseling Services
