Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ450953
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Reassessing Retention Courses: The Need to Empower Students.
Tatum, Travis; Rasool, Joan
Equity and Excellence, v25 n2-4 p16-21 Win 1992
Argues that the remedial reading and study skills approach to retention courses for minority students is seriously flawed and often consists of no more than offering good advice. Accurately assessing student work in an atmosphere that validates cultural pluralism will best support student efforts and affirm their worth. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Students, Critical Thinking, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Problems, Educational Assessment, Educationally Disadvantaged, High Risk Students, Higher Education, Minority Groups, Program Evaluation, Remedial Programs, Remedial Reading, Student Attrition, Student Empowerment, Study Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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