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Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Balancing the Critical Need for Developmental Education with Budget Priorities.
Testone, Sharon
Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, v14 n1 p71-74 1997
Asserts that the growth in technology requires a more sophisticated workforce at a time when college students are demonstrating a greater need for remediation and basic skills education. However, revenue cuts in developmental courses and their support services present community colleges and universities with declining enrollments and budget gaps. (VWC)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Planning, College Students, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education, Labor Force, Labor Force Development, Program Budgeting, Remedial Instruction, Retrenchment, School Effectiveness, Skill Development, Social Change, Technological Advancement, Two Year Colleges, Universities
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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