Publications
Online Learning in the Virginia Community College System
This study examines online course taking patterns among students in the Virginia Community College System, as well as retention and performance in online versus face-to-face courses, and subsequent educational outcomes.
A Model for Accelerating Academic Success of Community College Remedial English Students: Is the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) Effective and Affordable?
This paper presents findings from a quantitative analysis of the Community College of Baltimore County's Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) for upper level developmental writing students.
Effectiveness of Fully Online Courses for College Students: Response to a Department of Education Meta-Analysis
This paper demonstrates that a close analysis of the studies of online learning included in a Department of Education meta-analysis reveals no trend in favor of the online course mode.
Online Education as Institutional Myth: Rituals and Realities at Community Colleges
Relying on data from an in-depth study of 15 community colleges, this article explores online education through the lens of institutional theory.
Pedagogical Alignment and Curricular Consistency: The Challenges for Developmental Education
This chapter discusses the challenge of aligning four necessary elements—instructor approach, student needs, curricular content, and instructional support—in the developmental classroom.
Institutional Decision Making for Increasing Academic Preparedness in Community Colleges
This publication identifies current organizational and instructional approaches to developmental education in community colleges and recommends a process by which colleges can make institutionally appropriate decisions to improve developmental education outcomes.
Remediation Beyond Developmental Education: The Use of Learning Assistance Centers to Increase Academic Preparedness in Community Colleges
This journal article details a case study on 15 community colleges across the United States and includes findings revealing important means of increasing students' academic preparedness for postsecondary study.
Outsourcing of Instruction at Community Colleges
This report presents the findings of exploratory research designed to identify the characteristics of the outsourcing of instruction at community colleges and the forces that promote or block its spread.
The Academic Writing of Community College Remedial Students: Text and Learner Variables
This journal article discusses the performance of community college remedial writing students on a task that required them to compose an informational report from sources.
Curriculum and Pedagogy for Academic-Occupational Integration in Community Colleges: Illustrations From an Instrumental Case Study (Parts I-IX)
This nine-part series presents case material from a study of curriculum and pedagogy for integrated instruction in seven community colleges across the country.
Repetition and the Informational Writing of Developmental Students
This journal article discusses a study that investigated the effects of task repetition on the writing skills of upper level developmental reading students.
Curriculum and Pedagogy to Integrate Occupational and Academic Instruction in the Community College: Implications for Faculty Development
This report presents case studies of seven community colleges that used curriculum and pedagogy to integrate academic and occupational education.
Honored but Invisible: An Inside Look at Teaching in Community Colleges
This book examines the nature of teaching and the institutional forces that shape it in a variety of course settings, ranging from innovative approaches to complex subjects to conventional didactic instruction.