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Adams, Peter; Gearhart, Sarah; Miller, Robert; Roberts, Anne – Journal of Basic Writing (CUNY), 2009
This article reports on the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP), a new model of basic writing that has produced dramatic successes for the basic writing program at the Community College of Baltimore County. Borrowing from mainstreaming programs, studio courses, fast track programs, and learning communities, ALP, for four consecutive semesters, has…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Acceleration (Education), Mainstreaming
Jenkins, Davis; Speroni, Cecilia; Belfield, Clive; Jaggars, Shanna Smith; Edgecombe, Nikki – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2010
This paper presents the findings from a quantitative analysis of the Community College of Baltimore County's Accelerated Learning Program (ALP). Under ALP, students placed into upper-level developmental writing are "mainstreamed" into English 101 classes and simultaneously enrolled in a companion ALP course (taught by the same…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Acceleration (Education), Freshman Composition, Basic Writing