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Senate committee offers advice to colleges - 0 views
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Details Texas Senate Higher Education Interim Committee's study report. Committee offered 86 recommendations on variety of topics: dual credit, distance education, cost-cutting, performance funding, remedial education.
Shining a Light on College Remediation in Colorado - 2 views
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Analysis of ACT and 10th-grade CSAP scores shows that students needing remediation in their first year of college could have been identified by an examination of assessment results as early as 6th grade. The Colorado departments of K-12 and higher education jointly developed a description of postsecondary and workforce readiness. (Colorado Department of Education and Colorado Department of Higher Education, March 2011)
Why Academe Needs a 'Race to the Top' - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views
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A framework for reform in higher education. Provides a vision for what higher education should be accountable for and suggests that the federal government play a strong role in that accountability
Push is on to find more effective models of remedial education - 1 views
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This article details the main research and data findings on developmental education. The article touches on innovative approaches at three community colleges. Also, a discussion of program cost and student success situates developmental education in the right policy context.
Development Education in Texas: Recommendations for Systemic Improvement. - 0 views
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Report from the Higher Education Policy Institute in Texas on the state of developmental education in Texas and suggestions on potential reforms.
Developmental Education: Completion Status and Outcomes - 1 views
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datanotes publication from Achieving the Dream examining the success of students from ATD institutions in developmental education. Finds that very few students start or complete their developmental education sequence.
Rethinking Developmental Education in Community College - 5 views
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Publication from the Community College Research Center that reviews evidence on students entering community colleges needing developmental education. -
This brief, reviews evidence on students who enter community college with weak academic skills, and it summarizes study findings on the effectiveness of developmental education. The brief offers recommendations for a broad reform agenda based on a comprehensive approach to improving developmental education. (Thomas Bailey, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, February 2009))
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Shorter overview of Bailey's ideas for reforming developmental education.
Developmental Education Portland Community College - 2 views
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Portland Community College encourages students to forgo traditional developmental education courses and instead use learning labs and tutoring to address their developmental education needs.
Ready to Assemble: Grading State Higher Education Accountability Systems - 0 views
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Explores two key questions: What information do states collect on their higher education institutions? How do they use that information to affect institutional improvement? (Chad Aldeman and Kevin Carey, Education Sector, June 2009)
Massachusetts Community Colleges Developmental Education Best Policy and Practice Audit - 2 views
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Examines developmental education best practices and policies within Massachusetts' 15 community colleges. It presents findings, recommendations and resources to assist the community colleges in improving the success of academically vulnerable students within and beyond developmental education. (Massachusetts Community Colleges Executive Office, June 2009)
Developmental Education: Can it Improve College Attainment Rates - 1 views
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This issue of the Progress of Education Reform published by ECS summarizes recent research on the college success of students who enroll and complete developmental education.
New Plan Would Let High Schoolers Graduate Early - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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New York Times article on an initiative the National Center for Education and the Economy to provide board exams for students, beginning in 10th grade to assess college readiness and to provide early access into postsecondary education.
Policy Brief: Strategies for Improving Higher Education in California - 0 views
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Policy brief from Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy outlining higher education policies in Florida that should be considered by California. Issues include standardized assessments and placement policies. Also comments on common course numbering/transfer policies and Florida's data system
Gmail - [Transitions 618] Announcement: May 2010 Issue of LINCS Resource Collection New... - 0 views
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In this edition, we feature the Workforce Competitiveness Collection, which covers Workforce Education, English Language Acquisition, and Technology. Each month, Collections News features one of the three LINCS Resource Collections - Basic Skills, Program Management, and Workforce Competitiveness - and introduces research-based resources that you can use in your adult basic education and family literacy programs and classrooms.
NEA Grant Committee on Distance Education Policy and Bargaining Benchmarks - 1 views
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NEA Grant Committee on Distance Education developed the following policy and bargaining benchmarks having to do with distance education
Education Week: Full Standards System in States Several Years Away - 0 views
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Story on a new report by the Center for Education Policy that indicates that many states are a long way from implementing common core and that many have not explored aligning the standards with higher education
Center on Education and the Workforce - - 0 views
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The Undereducated American is a report from the Center on Education and the Worforce that highlights how America has not been producing enough highly skilled college-educated persons for the workforce.
In Texas Speech, Obama Renews His Educational Goals for the Nation - Government - The C... - 0 views
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Chronicle article on Obama speech on his higher education agenda. His speech refers to Cleveland State's redesign of developmental math, which is part of the Tennessee Board of Regents developmental studies redesign.
ABLE program helps at-risk students make good use of their money : The Clarion - 0 views
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Story on the Ohio Adult Basic Literacy and Education program that works with students who place at the lowest levels in academic readiness for higher education.
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(Colorado's Strategic Plan for Higher Education, November 2010)