2009•New Directions for Community CollegesOpen access

Challenge and opportunity: Rethinking the role and function of developmental education in community college

Thomas Bailey

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Abstract This chapter provides a national context about how students progress in community colleges across the country. It includes data about students who take developmental education courses, how they move through the developmental course sequence, the obstacles they face when completing their intended course of study, and programs and practices that appear to help students meet their goals.

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Key concepts: Community college, Face (sociological concept), Context (archaeology), Function (biology), Mathematics education, Pedagogy, Psychology, Sociology