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ERIC Number: ED276474
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Nov-21
Pages: 40
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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Remedial/Developmental Programs in Kansas Institutions of Higher Education, Fiscal Year 1985. A Supplemental Report.
Gainous, Fred; And Others
A study was conducted to compare remedial/developmental programs of study in the community college system of Kansas with those offered by the state's university system for the fiscal year 1985. Study findings included the following: (1) all of the Regents' universities and all of the state's community colleges offered remedial/developmental courses; (2) the heaviest concentrations of remedial/developmental courses for both the universities and community colleges were in the content areas of mathematics, reading, and English; (3) 40% of the remedial students were enrolled in mathematics courses, 33% in English courses, and 19% in reading courses; (4) while in the Regents' system, slightly more remedial students were enrolled in the English content area than other areas, in the community college system the overwhelming number of students were enrolled in the mathematics area; (5) 11,535 university students and 6,748 community college students were enrolled in remedial/developmental courses; (6) enrollment in remedial/developmental courses represented 16% of the total headcount enrollment for the universities and 16% of the enrollment for the community colleges; (7) 63% of the total remedial enrollment was in the universities, while 37% was in the community colleges; (8) remedial/development enrollment generated 40,721 student credit hours; and (9) the average number of students enrolled in remedial/developmental programs varied from 1,922.5 for the universities to 355.2 for the community college system. The bulk of the document consists of a series of data tables. An October 1986 report from the Kansas Legislative Research Department concerning remedial education courses offered by the Regents' institutions and community colleges is appended. (LAL)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Kansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka.
Identifiers - Location: Kansas
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