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By Gail O. Mellow, Diana D. Woolis, and Diana Laurillard in Change, May-June 2011. Co-PIs Mellow and Woolis, along with Diana Laurillard, write about the GSCC project. Full article is available by subscription only; check with your local library for access.

This link provides background and live webcast for the debate, The Cost of Higher Education, held on April 27 2010. Panelists include Gail Mellow, president of LaGuardia Community College and co-PI of the GSCC project.

By Lisa W. Foderaro in the N.Y./Region section of The New York Times, March 3 2011. Dr. Gail Mellow is quoted in the article: "I embrace developmental education because it pivots lives." NOTE: The article contains some important current statistics about remedial and developmental ed needs in the CUNY system.

M.Z. posted this to the March 2011 Coffee Klatch.

By Gail O. Mellow and Cynthia Heelan (2008). This page is the announcement of the book from LaGuardia Community College and the text/video of Dr. Mellow's lecture for the Robert H. Atwell lecture.

By Diana D. Woolis and Gail O. Mellow. This page is the abstract for the book chapter on the Emerald website.

By Jarene Fluckiger, Yvonne Tixier y Vigil, Rebecca Pasco & Kathy Danielson in College Teaching, vol 58, #4, 2010. Abstract is available on this page; full article is by subscription only, but may be available through your local library.

Gail Mellow recommended this article.

By Alan Greenblatt on NPR, March 29 2010. Greenblatt reports that there was initially great promise for community colleges in the health care reconciliation bill that was passed at the end of March. However, "Congress ultimately took a pass on restructuring the mission of the nation's community colleges." The $12 billion American Graduation Initiative recognized the important role that community colleges could play in producing more college graduates, but the initiative was not included in the final law.

See last paragraph for quote from Gail Mellow.