Developmental Education: A Hot Topic

Below are several links (websites and recent articles) pertaining to developmental education and its role in post-secondary education. We invite you to share your thoughts with colleagues in the CCCOnline Community.

We’ll be out at the EDUCAUSE conference next week, but will be back here the week of Nov. 12!

Website of “Getting Past Go: A National Public Policy Initiative to Improve Developmental Studies in Postsecondary Education”:
http://gettingpastgo.org/

Website of the Complete College America organization:
http://completecollege.org/

“Broken but Useful” by Paul Fain (8/21/12)

From Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/08/21/remediation-may-serve-useful-purposes-study-finds

Guest Commentary: “Community colleges focus on remedial education” by Nancy J. McCallin and Geri Anderson (CCCS) (7/28/12)
From the Denver Post:
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_21176037/community-colleges-focus-remedial-education

“Researchers Are Rallied to Help Improve Remedial Education, Not Scrap It” by Jennifer González (6/21/12)
From The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/Researchers-Are-Rallied-to/132513/

“Overkill on Remediation?” by Paul Fain (6/19/12)
From Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/06/19/complete-college-america-declares-war-remediation

“Myriad approaches to developmental ed” by Ellie Ashford (2/9/12)
From Community College Times:
http://www.communitycollegetimes.com/Pages/Academic-Programs/Colleges-improve-developmental-education.aspx

Community College Headlines

Below are a few links concerning community colleges (our last installment of Community College Headlines was posted 12/11). We invite you to share additional links and conversation in the CCCOnline Community.

“Community Colleges for the Students They Actually Have” by Josh Wyner (10/14/12)
From The Chronicle’s Special Report “College, Reinvented”:
http://chronicle.com/article/Community-Colleges-for-the/135090/?cid=cc

“The Community Liberal-Arts College” by Rob Jenkins (9/17/12)
From The Chronicle’s “On Hiring” blog:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/onhiring/the-community-liberal-arts-college/33838?cid=cc

“Can Do for Community Colleges” by Joshua Wyner (9/6/12)
Commentary from Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2012/09/06/essay-how-community-colleges-can-do-better

“Defining Community Colleges Down” by Richard Kahlenberg (7/3/12)
From The Chronicle’s “Innovations” blog:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/defining-community-colleges-down/33253?cid=cc

“Evaluating practices for increased students success” by Kay McClenney and Angela Oriano (5/7/12)

Commentary from Community College Times:  

http://www.communitycollegetimes.com/Pages/Opinions/Evaluating-practices-for-increased-students-success.aspx

“Community Colleges Not Up to 21st-Century Mission, Their Own Report Says” by Jennifer González (4/21/12)

From The Chronicle: 

http://tinyurl.com/8zbcc7h

“Make It Mandatory?” by Paul Fain (2/2/12)
From Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/02/02/academic-support-offerings-go-unused-community-colleges

“Multiyear Study of Community-College Practices Asks: What Helps Students Graduate?” by Jennifer Gonzalez (2/2/12)
From The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/Community-College-Study-Asks-/130606/?sid=cc

“Top of the Mountain?” by Paul Fain (12/21/11)
From Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/12/21/community-college-enrollment-growth-ends

Who Inspired You?

This week, we honor our mentors! Who inspired you to enter the teaching profession – or moved you to teach online?

What are some memorable lessons, insights, or messages you remember from favorite teachers, professors, advisors, or coaches along the way? Join the conversation in the CCCOnline Community!