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Nicholes, Justin; Reimer, Cody – Journal of Basic Writing, 2020
In the context of ongoing discussions about student costs of non-credit developmental writing, this study reports on the affordances of Basic Writing as a traditional, stand-alone course at a career-focused, four-year university. Participants were students who took Basic Writing and Composition 1 between Fall 2011 and Spring 2013 (N = 2,693) in…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Developmental Studies Programs, Freshman Composition, Writing Achievement
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