Resources for Political Discussions

Videos

• Lessons in Developmental Education

Websites--be sure to check your state's higher ed website, too!

• National Center for Developmental Education (NCDE)
  • What Works: A Guide to Research-Based Best Practices in Developmental Education By Hunter R. Boylan, Ph.D. A Joint Project of the Continuous Quality Improvement Network and the National Center for Developmental Education (2002)
  • "Must" Reading for Developmental Educators (3/1/01)
• The Center for Research in Developmental Education and Urban Literacy (CRDEUL)
• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
• APQC Institute for Education Best Practices
• American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
• American Association for Higher Education (AAHE)
• National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
• State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO)
• National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL)

"How To" Materials

• "Political Advocacy: A Guide for Educators" prepared by CRLA.[pdf]

Articles

• New! "Reducing Remedial Education: What Progress Are States Making?" (2000) [word]
• "Remedial Education: A Social and Economic Imperative," an executive issue paper by Philip R. Day and Robert H. McCabe (1997)
• "College Remediation: What It Is, What It Costs, What's at Stake," by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (1998) [pdf]
• "Making the Case for Developmental Education," by Hunter Boylan [pdf]
• "The Scope of Developmental Education," by Hunter Boylan [pdf]
• "Remedial Education and Civic Responsibility," by Alexander W. Austin (1998) [html]
• "The Kiss of Death? An Alternative View of College Remediation," by Clifford Adelman (1998)
• "An Interview: Robert McCabe," by Patrick Callan (2000) [html]
• Position Paper; "Research & Recommendations For Developmental Education Programs in The State of New York," by Jane Neuburger. Research and Teaching in Developmental Education 16(1).
• "Keeping the Promise: Remedial Education Revisited," by John E. Roueche and S. D. Roueche (1999)
• "Remedial Education in Colleges and Universities: What's Really Going On?," by Jaime P. Merisotis and Ronald A. Phipps. Review of Higher Education 24 (1), 67-86 (2000)
• Developmental Education: Demographics, Outcomes, and Activities," by Hunter R. Boylan (1999) [html]
• "Atwell on Remediation," by Robert Atwell (1996)
• "Rethinking Academic 'Excellence'," by Alexander W. Austin. Liberal Education (Spring 1999)
• "Remedial Education: Costs and Consequences, " by David W. Breneman and William N. Haarlow , with Commentaries by Costrell, Ponitz, and Steinburg (1998)
• "State Policies on Remediation at Public Colleges and Universities," by Hunter R. Boylan, et al (199x) [html]
• "State Remediation Policies for the 21st Century Learning Society," by Milton "Bunk" Spann with the NCDE (1998)
• "Statewide Remedial Education Policies," by Edward Crowe. Available for purchase for $8 from the SHEEO website (1998)
• "Survey of Educational Policies Concerning Developmental Education at the Local, State, and Federal Level in the U.S.," compilation by David Arendale (1998) [html]
• "Remedial Courses: Estimates of Student Participation and the Volume of Remediation in U.S. Community Colleges," by Hunter R. Boylan and D. Patrick Saxon (199x) [html]
• "Exploring Alternatives to Remediation," by Hunter Boylan (1999) [html]
• "Some Personal Thoughts about Replacing Developmental Education by Private Companies: Can We Serve up Developmental Education for Students just like Hamburgers at McDonald's?" David Arendale, Former NADE President, shares some personal observations about reports concerning private education companies being contracted by colleges to supplement or replace developmental education and learning assistance programs. [pdf]
• "Myths Surrounding Developmental Education." Jim Melko, former NADE Political Liaison Co-Chair, lists some of the common myths surrounding developmental education and provides a response to them. [pdf]
• "Use of Pell Grants for Developmental Education Courses." The U.S. Government Accounting Office published a report in August 1997 concerning the use of Pell Grants to pay for tuition costs of developmental education courses. Some congressional leaders advocate banning the use of federal financial aid for developmental education. The GAO report reports that less than 4 percent of aid is used for such courses. [pdf]
• "Remedial Education at Higher Education Institutions in Fall 2000"

Books

• New! Yes We Can: A Community College Guide for Developing America's Underprepared
  

  This collaborative work directed by McCabe features discussions on learning and curricula, technology, placement and assessment, and English as a Second Language, as well as 30 close-ups of effective programs and practices in community colleges across the country. The book is jointly published by the League and the American Association of Community Colleges.

• New! What Works: A Guide to Research-Based Best Practices in Developmental Education By Hunter R. Boylan, Ph.D. A Joint Project of the Continuous Quality Improvement Network and the National Center for Developmental Education (2002) [html]
• New! Selected Models of Developmental Education Programs in Higher Education. By V.L. Farmer and W.A. Barham. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. (2001)
• No One To Waste: A Report to Public Decision-Makers and Community College Leaders, by Robert H. McCabe (Community College Press, 2000, ISBN 0-87117-330-1)
• Developmental Education: A Twenty-First Century Social and Economic Imperative, by the League for Innovation in the Community College (copies are available for $15 from the League at http://www.league.org/ or (949) 367-2884)
• In Pursuit of Excellence: The Community College of Denver, by John E. Roueche, Eileen E. Ely, and Suanne D. Roueche (Community College Press, 2001, ISBN 0-87117-341-7)