Improving Developmental Education Assessment and Placement: Lessons From Community Colleges Across the Country
This paper describes a range of approaches to improving poor course placement accuracy and inconsistent standards associated with traditional assessment and placement practices at community colleges.
College 101 Courses for Applied Learning and Student Success
A study of College 101 courses at three community colleges in Virginia suggests that these courses could have long-term impacts if they focused more on the application and practice of learned skills.
Structure in Community College Career-Technical Programs: A Qualitative Analysis
This study examines the structure of community college career-technical programs and its association with program completion.
Development, Discouragement, or Diversion? New Evidence on the Effects of College Remediation
This paper finds that remediation does little to develop students’ skills but does not discourage initial enrollment or persistence, except among students identified as potentially misassigned.
Broadening the Benefits of Dual Enrollment: Reaching Underachieving and Underrepresented Students With Career-Focused Programs
The three-year study examined the outcomes of almost 3,000 students participating in eight dual enrollment programs across California.
