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Mary Fulton

Community College Reforms to Spur Workforce Development - 0 views

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    Masschusetts Gov. Deval Patrick unveiled a plan to unify the state's 15 community colleges and give the board of higher education more oversight of the campuses. The plan also intends to strengthen the role of community colleges in workforce development.
Bruce Vandal

Press of Atlantic City, pressofAtlanticCity.com - Archives - 0 views

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    Report on the cost of remedial education at New Jersey Community Colleges.
Lisa Levinson

Views: Beyond 'Tough Choices' - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

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    Budget cuts to community colleges highlights the fact that as a society we were never fully committed to remedial students in the first place. Young people and adults who have been criminalized and imprisoned are ineligible for loans, and cannot afford college to turn their life around. These cuts target the working poor, undereducated, and disadvantaged and are a threat to our democracy.
Bruce Vandal

A Report of the Commission on the Future of the Community College League of California - 0 views

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    Report that sets ambitious goals to increase the college completion rates and decrease achievement gaps at California Community Colleges
Mary Fulton

The Degree Dividend: Building Our Economy and Preserving Our Quality of Life - 0 views

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    Examines reasons for and ways to invest in higher education on sustainable basis. Makes recommendations in four areas: Affordability, Access, Quality and Accountability. Addresses several issues, including remedial education and completion.
    (Colorado's Strategic Plan for Higher Education, November 2010)
Bruce Vandal

Developmental_Education_Toolkit - 0 views

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    Developmental Education Toolkit developed as part of the Bridges to Opportunity Program funded by the Ford Foundation
KPI_Library Bookmarks

Community colleges rethink missions as budgets tighten - 0 views

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    Article in Sacramento Bee. Budget cuts to California community colleges are, in some cases, resulting in cuts to developmental education.
Bruce Vandal

Montana Making Opportunity Affordable Initiative - 3 views

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    Montana's Making Opportunity Affordable project focused on 2-year institutions.
KPI_Library Bookmarks

Tennessee Developmental Studies Redesign - 1 views

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    With support from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) has established a new system-wide initiative to redesign its developmental math and English curriculum using technology- supported, active-learning strategies.
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Basic Skills Initiative - 0 views

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    The Basic Skills Initiative (BSI) was a grant funded initiative from the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Ofice. The goal of this project was improving student access. Resources include a basic skills handbook, and literature reviews.
Matt Smith

Creating Opportunities: Connecting Adult Learners with Economic Success - 0 views

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    The task force's final report identifies ways to strengthen the governance of Ohio's adult learning system; ensure that its structures, programs and funding are aligned with employers' workforce needs and learners' expectations; and improve the performance and productivity of Ohio's talent development system with instructional programs that capitalize on best practices, state-of-the-art technology and high-quality teaching. (Final Report of the Ohio Advisory Committee on the Transfer of Adult Career-Technical Programs, June 2008)
Mary Fulton

Basic Skills Education in California - 0 views

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    The first in a series, this paper provides an overview of basic skills education in California, including descriptions, need for service, financing, populations served and results. (California Budget Project, October 2009)
Mary Fulton

Improving College Readiness of California Community College Students - 1 views

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    Identifies current state policies that impede student attainment of basic skills for postsecondary education. The report recommends using standardized assessments, requiring remediation upon enrollment and provides flexibility to community colleges to address issues. (Elizabeth G. Hill, California Legislative Auditors Office, 2008)
Mary Fulton

Costs and Consequences of Remedial Course Enrollment in Ohio - 0 views

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    This brief analyzes the costs of remedial education to institutions and students. The report addressed three key questions: What is the extent and magnitude of remedial course enrollment in Ohio? What are the consequences of remedial course needs, in term
Bruce Vandal

Making Opportunity Affordable - 1 views

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    The Lumina Foundation for Education's Initiative to increase the productivity of postsecondary education by developing policies and strategies that result in higher college completion rates at lower costs to taxpayers, students and institutions.
Bruce Vandal

State Policy Priorities for Developmental Education Initiative - 1 views

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    Document outlining state policy priorities for states participating in the developmental education initiative. Addresses, K-12 curricular alignment, funding, assessment and placement, data and performance measurement, academic support services
Mary Fulton

Community College of Baltimore County's Accelerated Learning Program - A Multivariate Analysis - 1 views

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    The Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University is partnering with the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) to analyze the effects of the college's Accelerated Learning Program (ALP). Under ALP, students placed into upper-level developmental writing are "mainstreamed" into English 101 classes. Preliminary results are very promising. Funding for this study is being provided by Lumina Foundation for Education, as part of the Achieving the Dream initiative.
Bruce Vandal

TX Senate Committee Announces Recommendations - 0 views

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    Blog entry from Texas Community College Teachers Association on recommendations from Texas Senate Committee on Higher Education. The report offers recommendations on developmental education.
Bruce Vandal

Texas Senate Higher Education Committee Interim Report - 0 views

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    Report in preparation for legislative session with recommendations for action. Report includes recommendations on developmental education.
Bruce Vandal

2010 Basic Skills Allocations by District and College - California Community Colleges - 0 views

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    A breakdown of allocations to California community colleges for basic skills instruction
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