Colleges and Redesign

A Case Study of Developmental Education Redesign at Two Oregon Community CollegesFind out about the progress community colleges in Oregon are making to support students who are traditionally required to take developmental education courses and face a high risk for not graduating from college.

College Completion: Focus on the Finish Line

This paper contends that, although there is much to commend in the remediation reform movement, it is unlikely to attain its goals. These goals include the Lumina Foundation’s target of having 60% of Americans attain a degree or certificate, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s goal of doubling the number of low income students who earn a postsecondary degree, and President Obama’s goal of the U.S. having the world’s highest percentage of degree holders by 2020.

Developmental Education Initiatives: A Resource

Achieving the Dream uses student outcome data from various educational institutions to focus on institutional change. The organization “seeks to help more students earn postsecondary credentials, including occupational certificates and degrees, by working with institutions to improve student progression” (Achieving the Dream, 2005). They focus on helping student groups that traditionally have faced barriers to success.

Did Florida's developmental education bill pave the way for student success innovation?After Florida instituted its 2013 law that changed how the state's 28 two-year college could assess incoming students, students started skipping developmental education. Discover what those students are teaching community college leaders about student success.

The Developmental Education Reform Movement and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Argues that most of the major criticisms of developmental education are either based on seriously flawed research or have been misrepresented by advocacy groups to support their agenda.

Innovation at Scale: How Virginia Community Colleges Are Collaborating to Improve Developmental Education and Increase Student Success | JFFJFF accelerates the alignment and transformation of the American workforce and education systems to ensure access to economic advancement for all.

Developmental StudiesEnroll in our developmental studies courses if your TSI scores tell you that you need to grow your academic skills, so you will be successful in college. Study reading and writing, math, or English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).

Principles for Implementing State Wide Innovations in Developmental Education

These principles are designed to serve as a guide for state policy makers seeking to improve postsecondary developmental education through mandated statewide innovations. They are based on sound principles of research and policy analysis and should be considered when implementing new policies and programs in developmental education.

Remediation: Reports of Its Failure Are Greatly Exaggerated

After learning that his obituary had been published in the New York Journal, Mark Twain responded that "Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." The same might be said for remedial courses; reports of their failure are greatly exaggerated. Based on either misinterpretation or misrepresentation of the available research, many policy makers and higher education organizations are asserting that remediation has failed. This is not a valid assertion, nor one that is supported by a careful reading of the available research.

TYCA White Paper on Developmental Education Reforms

Reform movements aimed at improving success and completion rates of underprepared students at America’s two-year colleges are sweeping the country. Legislatures from Florida to Washington, from Connecticut to Colorado, are mandating reform.