Acceleration – A Possible Solution to Attrition in Developmental Education Courses
Recently, there have been lively discussions among administrators and instructors on community college campuses about acceleration in developmental education courses. As a former post-secondary instructor, I am familiar with students who need to take developmental education courses to fill departmental and breadth requirements. These courses may add an additional quarter or semester to an anticipated graduation date, and in some cases are presented in a sequence that could add a year or more to a student’s time-to-degree.
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