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Direct linkKostecki, James; Bers, Trudy – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2008
This research examined the effect of tutoring on student success at an open enrollment community college, controlling for gender, age, race/ethnicity, highest level of education, and reading, writing and mathematics competency. Student success was defined three ways: term grade point average (GPA), success in courses, and persistence from the fall…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Statistical Analysis, Open Enrollment
Download full textCohen, Elaine L. – 1973
At an urban, open-door institution like Metropolitan State College in Denver, Colorado, many students enter college with some dificiencies in basic reading and writing skills. Therefore, the Reading Department at Metro State has attempted to meet the needs of the entire college through some multidisciplinary approaches to teaching reading. Reading…
Descriptors: Conferences, Higher Education, Mexican Americans, Open Enrollment
Ochse, Roger – 1995
Supplemental Instruction (SI) has been firmly established as a tool for helping college students succeed in beginning writing courses. The SI model is based on a Piagetian-constructivist theoretical framework, which holds that learning is an active process in which learners "construct" their own knowledge, making it an essential part of…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Freshman Composition, High Risk Students, Higher Education
Moreland, William H. – 1975
Language-disabled students who have experienced difficulties in the process of language acquisition and who may show talent in some academic areas yet fail miserably in others are increasingly able to attend college because of "open door" policies. How will colleges traditionally rooted in textbook-centered lecture courses deal with the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Community Colleges, Content Area Reading, Developmental Programs
Tunstall, Jeremy, Ed. – 1974
Conceived by the British Labor Government in the 1960's the Open University was viewed as a way to extend higher education to Britain's working class, but enrollment figures in classes that represent traditional academic disciplines show that the student population is predominantly middle class. Bringing education into the home presents numerous…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, College Faculty, College Students, Correspondence Study
Hudson, J. Blaine – 1990
The University of Louisville (Kentucky) adopted a policy of using American College Test (ACT) scores and high school grades as admission criteria, while allowing students who did not qualify an opportunity to demonstrate their actual level of preparation through additional testing and an interview. This study of 508 minimum admission applicants…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Admission Criteria
