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.