Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 28, 2023

David Radwin The brief, " Redrawing the Starting Line: Advancing Equity in Adult Learners’ Developmental Education Outcomes ", compared transfer-level English and math course completion rates between adult community college students – those age 25 or older – and their younger, traditional-age student peers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2024

It took just under seven years of deliberate efforts, including phazing out developmental education and leaning into dual enrollment, but eventually CMC’s Latinx student representation grew from 14% to 30%. That’s why she set about the process of focusing CMC into becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institution.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

In my position, I had the power to discontinue all developmental education and create a new path for students to be successful.” Thompson also helped create policies that allowed the development of wrap-around services, which propelled the success rate upwards.

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#RealCollege Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

To see if nudging works for students, we randomly selected 1,000 students from two groups we thought would benefit most from visiting the ARC: students from low-income households and students enrolled in developmental education classes. ARC staff nudged the selected students.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Reformers concentrated their efforts on structures and policies known to have a disproportionate impact on minoritized students, such as developmental education. Developmental education K-12 learning also took a big hit during the pandemic, and we will be processing the aftereffects for years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This program paired faculty members with developmental education freshmen. “In Fall 2022, our first faculty mentor pairings were made,” says Ben Telesca, vice president for student affairs, SRSU. The program began in Spring 2023 with 153 students, 87 of whom were Hispanic.

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Timely MD

MAY 9, 2023

They offer resources to implement evidence-based reforms, with a focus on topics such as student success, developmental education, and guided pathways. Community College Research Center (CCRC) A research and policy center that conducts research on community colleges and provides guidance on how to improve their outcomes.

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