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HANDY, RUSSELL FRANKLIN – 1965
TO REDUCE THE 35 PERCENT ATTRITION RATE OF FIRST YEAR STUDENTS (1960-61) THE COLLEGE DEVELOPED A BASIC STUDIES PROGRAM TO SALVAGE THOSE WITH LOW ADMISSION SCORES OR SUBSEQUENT ACADEMIC DIFFICULTIES. THIS STUDY EXAMINED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM BY COMPARING THREE GROUPS--(1) THOSE WHO TOOK THE BASIC STUDIES REMEDIAL COURSES BEFORE ENROLLING…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Doctoral Dissertations, Dropout Prevention
Peer reviewedDunford, Terry – Community College Review, 1987
Considers the implications of "Academic Preparation for College" and "Teaching for Transition from High School to College" for community colleges. Suggests that four-year colleges will respond by reevaluating the transferability of community college courses and that a liberal arts curriculum is the best approach to basic skills instruction. (CBC)
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Basic Skills, College Curriculum, College Transfer Students
Peer reviewedCostanzo, William – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1985
Reviews some of the available resources--films, videotapes, and textbooks--that support visual approaches to writing. (EL)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Films, Higher Education
Download full textSanta Barbara City Coll., CA. – 2001
This document reports on a survey administered at Santa Barbara City College (California) to determine the effectiveness of its English basic skills classes. The survey was also designed to explore the intention of students taking these courses to continue in the course sequence, as well as discover the students' current and future educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills, College English
Borgese, Anthony – 2002
This paper discusses Virtual Enterprise (VE), a technology-driven business simulation program in which students conceive, create, and operate enterprises that utilize Web-based and other technologies to trade products and services around the world. The study examined the effects of VE on a learning community of at-risk students, defined as those…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Business Education, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedRoueche, John E.; Armes, Nancy R. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1980
Cites results of recent studies about deteriorating basic skills of community college students. Presents opposing views on developmental education by John Roueche (EJ 189 264) and Arthur Cohen (EJ 201 762). Argues in favor of providing for underprepared students through specialized, developmental "intensive care units" built around prescriptive…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Counseling Services, Developmental Studies Programs
Peer reviewedMerchant, Ronald – Community College Review, 1980
Describes a competency based business mathematics course offered at Spokane Falls Community College (Washington) in which students, through the use of calculators, master mathematical concepts without having to mentally add columns of figures or perform complex arithmetic problems on paper. Examines both the mathematical and 10-key skills…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Business Education, Calculators, College Mathematics
Cooper, Leland – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1979
Terry O'Banion discusses the history of the League for Innovation in the Community College, defines developmental and remedial education, presents several alternatives to the deficit model of developmental education, describes barriers to changing this model, highlights programs for improving self-concept, and identifies important faculty…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Objectives
Zeszotarski, Paula – 1999
This paper discusses general education (GE) programs and compares course requirements at community colleges in the United States. Through a review of the literature, the author presents the rationale for three types of GE programs: (1) core curricula, the most prescribed type of GE, practiced only by 5% of four-year institutions; (2)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy
Ruppert, James C. – 1983
Offered as a teaching technique for community college psychology instructors, public media journals are described as a means of teaching psychology and its relevancy as well as a way to encourage the practice of the skills of reading and writing and the development of basic scientific attitudes toward common public media. The journals are also…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Stanley, Bruce H.; And Others – 1985
This descriptive and evaluative report focuses on the work of Reading Area Community College's (RACC's) Basic Skills Articulation Team in developing a Basic Skills Integration Plan (BSIP) for the systematic integration of basic skills instruction into the college curriculum. Section A provides an introduction to the creation and activities of the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Kangas, Jon Alan – 1986
In fall 1985, a computerized prerequisite checking system was implemented in the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District (SJ/ECCD) featuring an informational mode, which provides information about whether a student meets a prerequisite, and a lock-out mode, which prevents a student from registering for classes if prerequisites are not met. A…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs
Briggs, Linda; Davis, Barbara – 1985
The Higher Education Learning Package (HELP) program at Sacramento City--an interdisciplinary approach to basic skill development for high-risk, nontraditional students--has four goals: (1) promotion of student retention at the community college through cognitive and attitudinal development, (2) personal development of students through a…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Basic Skills, College Programs, High Risk Students
New Jersey State Dept. of Higher Education, Trenton. New Jersey Basic Skills Council. – 1986
The New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Test (NJCBSPT) is administered in a new form each year to all entering freshmen in New Jersey public colleges and 12 participating independent colleges. The NJCBSPT was taken by 44,344 students from March through December 1985. Test results revealed the following: (1) 26% were proficient in verbal…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Private Colleges
Morris, Cathy – 1982
In 1982, a study of direct-entry students (i.e., those who entered college within a year of high school graduation) and delayed-entry students (i.e., those who entered college at least 1 year after graduation) was conducted at Miami-Dade County College (MDCC). Focusing on first-time in college students entering MDCC in the fall and winter terms of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Freshmen, Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends
