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Strong Developmental Education Is Critical to Students and Society
Improving developmental courses should be a top priority in higher education, writes Peter Adams, a professor emeritus at the Community College of Baltimore. Here, Adams explains why these courses are so vital and offers suggestions for making them better.
The Importance of Conducting Local Research and Building a Community of Practice for Developmental Education Professionals
In the first of a series of blogs from developmental educators, Katheryn McCoskey of Butler Community College writes about the need for educators to keep up with research on their field and study their local circumstances to improve outcomes for students.
Opinion: Math Proposal Would Block More Latino, Black, Rural Students From Cal State
Vikash Reddy of the Campaign for College Opportunity writes in this essay originally published in the Los Angeles Times that a proposal to increase the quantitative reasoning requirement for admission to the California State University system would create barriers for minority and low-income students.
The Importance of Examining Placement Practices When Reforming Developmental Math
In this blog post, Lauren Schudde describes findings from the research brief on math pathways that she coauthored with Akiva Yonah Meiselman and explains why it is imperative for colleges to use an equity lens when considering developmental education reform.
How Colleges Can Take the Lead in Building Effective Corequisite Models
In this blog post, Lindsay Daugherty of RAND Corporation makes the case for a continuous improvement approach to implementing corequisite remediation and describes two ways colleges can adopt such a perspective.
CAPR Link Roundup: Math as Obstacle and Opportunity
Researchers from the developmental education field are examining reform efforts both new and old, including Dana Center Mathematics Pathways and corequisite remediation. This roundup highlights several new studies worth a look.