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Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) - 0 views

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    Program supports and disseminates innovative reform projects for improving postsecondary education.
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edshelf - 0 views

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    From their About page, "edshelf is a directory of websites, mobile apps, and desktop software that are rated & reviewed by educators, for educators. We decrease the friction of using and procuring effective technology into the classroom." Concentration is on K-12, but these apps might also be useful for postsecondary teachers.
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Learning Communities for Students in Developmental English: Impact Studies at Merced Co... - 0 views

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    By Evan Weissman, Dan Cullinan, Oscar Cerna, Stephanie Safran and Phoebe Richman, with Amanda Grossman. National Center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR) Teachers College Columbia University. February 2012. Link to full report at the bottom of the summary on this page. The colleges in this study are two of six in the NCPR Learning Communities Demonstration, in which random assignment evaluations are being used to determine the impacts of learning communities on student success. NCPR has presented finding from all six colleges. They show that when one-semester learning communities have impacts, they tend to be concentrated in the semester in which students are enrolled in the program. Another report, a final one will be released in 2012. That report synthesizes the findings across all colleges studied and includes an additional semester of student follow-up at each college.
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WPA Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition - 0 views

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    By the Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA), April 2000; amended July 2008. From the Introduction: This statement describes the common knowledge, skills, and attitudes sought by first-year composition programs in American postsecondary education."
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College Success For Students With Learning Disabilities - 0 views

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    New blog for Parents, teachers of, and students with LD/ADD online resource for postsecondary transition news
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    This may be a good resource for some of your students.
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Developmental Education: What Policies and Practices Work for Students - 0 views

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    The National center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR) at Teachers College, Columbia University, hosted this conference, September 23-24 2010. Downloads of all presentations are available from this site,as are some conference videos.
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    PA attended this conference.
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Next Generation Learning and the Innovation Imperative - 0 views

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    Presentation by Josh Jarrett, Senior Program Officer, Education -- Postsecondary Success at the Gates Foundation; given September 10, 2010. Jarrett outlines his vision for education innovation, also highlighting some interesting resources.
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ASSET (product website) - 0 views

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    The ASSET® Student Success System, a testing and advising program for placing students into postsecondary institutions. Created by ACT.
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eduTecher - 0 views

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    eduTecher is a great place to look at new educational technologies, or to find just the right technology to do a job (e.g. document collaboration or word clouds). Each tool is reviewed by the staff, and users can search the database various ways. While many tools have a K-12 focus, there are plenty that would be useful in postsecondary education as well.
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Getting Past Go - 0 views

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    A national public policy initiative to improve developmental studies in postsecondary education.
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American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) - 0 views

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    The American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges was founded in 1974. It is the only organization exclusively devoted to providing a national forum for the improvement of mathematics instruction in the first two years of college.
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The Impact of Postsecondary Remediation Using a Regression Discontinuity Approach: Addr... - 0 views

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    By Juan Carlos Calcagno and Bridget Long, originally published as NBER Working Paper No W14194, July 2008. Here, the article is part of the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). This link provides a brief abstract and citation information. Full article is available for purchase, and may be available through your local library.
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    Full text of this article is available in GSCC Polilogue. Login required.
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Bridge Programs for Underprepared Adults Could Improve College Completion - 0 views

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    in the Governments section of The Chronicle of Higher Education, by Jennifer Gonzalez, November 4, 2010. ""Bridge" programs that help adult students acquire the skills necessary to succeed in postsecondary education are gaining momentum and could play a vital role in fulfilling the nation's degree-completion agenda, according to the results of a new study by the Workforce Strategy Center."
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Revisiting the Efficacy of Postsecondary Remediation: The Moderating Effects of Depth/B... - 0 views

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    By Peter Riley Bahr, published in The Review of Higher Education, vol 33(2), winter 2010. The article looks at remediation. Full abstract available on this page. Full article is available by subscription. Check with your college library for access via document delivery.
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MIT OpenCourseWare - 0 views

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    According to their About page, "MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity." There is also a note on this page that each published course "requires an investment of $10,000 to $15,000....Courses with video content cost about twice as much...."
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What Degrees Should Mean - 0 views

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    By Doug Lederman in the News column of Inside Higher Ed, Jan 25 2011. The Lumina Foundation has released a draft of their Degree Qualifications Profile (see link in article), with broad "degree objectives" for those who earn associate's, bachelor's and master's degrees. This article briefly describes the report and also provides some context, including some criticism from those who work in higher education. See degree_qualification tag for more.
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Actually Going to Class? How 20th-Century. - 0 views

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    By Jeffrey R. Young, in Technology (College 2.0), The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 27 2011. A variety of ways that college students are seeking "relevant" education outside of the classroom, some of which are more technology-reliant than others. The article cites the National Survey of Student Engagement (Indiana University) and states that "four of the eight 'high-impact' learning activities identified required no classroom time at all...."
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    Looks closely at learning outside of the classroom.
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