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Report: Adult Community College Students Make Strides

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

David Radwin The brief, " Redrawing the Starting Line: Advancing Equity in Adult Learners’ Developmental Education Outcomes ", compared transfer-level English and math course completion rates between adult community college students – those age 25 or older – and their younger, traditional-age student peers.

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Sometimes a Little Nudge Goes a Long Way

#RealCollege Blog

To see if nudging works for students, we randomly selected 1,000 students from two groups we thought would benefit most from visiting the ARC: students from low-income households and students enrolled in developmental education classes. ARC staff nudged the selected students.

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How will we measure student success in the 2020s?

EAB

Reformers concentrated their efforts on structures and policies known to have a disproportionate impact on minoritized students, such as developmental education. Developmental education K-12 learning also took a big hit during the pandemic, and we will be processing the aftereffects for years.

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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

EAB

Build out co-curricular supplemental instruction to support increased demand for developmental education. Schools that have not paid much mind to developmental education may soon need to do so.

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Attack of the “Math Shark”: Why Unfinished Learning Is a Lurking Threat to Student Success in the Late 2020s

EAB

Build out co-curricular supplemental instruction to support increased demand for developmental education. Schools that have not paid much mind to developmental education may soon need to do so.

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Community Colleges’ Essential Role in Workforce Development

Timely MD

They offer resources to implement evidence-based reforms, with a focus on topics such as student success, developmental education, and guided pathways. Community College Research Center (CCRC) A research and policy center that conducts research on community colleges and provides guidance on how to improve their outcomes.

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30 Student Success Priorities for the 2020s

EAB

Developmental education: Implementing or expanding credit-bearing supplemental instruction models in anticipation of increased demand. Advising: Adopting tandem advising models consisting of a professional advisor, a faculty member, and specialists from offices like financial aid or career advising.