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Kimberley M. Donnelly – Teaching and Learning Excellence through Scholarship, 2023
Researchers, organizations, companies, non-profits, practitioners, and to some extent, the public, are clamoring for massive reform in developmental coursework in higher education (American Association of Community Colleges, 2018; Edgecombe et al., 2014; Complete College America, 2012). One such reform is the push for integrated reading and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change, Reading Instruction
Edgecombe, Nikki – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2011
Mounting evidence suggests that the traditional sequence of developmental education courses hinders community college students from entering college-level coursework and ultimately earning a credential. For example, using data from colleges participating in the Achieving the Dream initiative, an analysis by Bailey, Jeong, and Cho (2010) found that…
Descriptors: Evidence, Curriculum Design, Academic Achievement, Developmental Studies Programs
Taylor, Kerry E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study explored relationships between placement decisions in English and reading courses and measures of college achievement and persistence for first-time degree- and certificate-seeking community college students enrolled at a large, public, suburban-serving community college in Maryland. Archived records were examined for students who had…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Measures (Individuals)