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Mid 19th Preparatory Departments century Universities begin creating “preparatory departments” to prepare students for university-level work in Latin, Greek, mathematics, philosophy, and literature.1

Early 20th Junior Colleges century Preparatory departments evolve into junior colleges to prepare students for four-year universities.

1940s Stigma of Junior Colleges World War II Stigma emerges painting junior colleges as institutions The G.I. Bill (1945) leads to an influx of men returning from for “lesser students” and four-year universities as WWII and entering postsecondary education.1 And, after schools for the “educational elite”.1 making substantial contributions outside the home during war time, more women begin pursuing postsecondary education.1

1960s Civil Rights Remedial Education Civil Rights Movement anti- Remedial and Compensatory Education services—a precursor segregation policies create avenues to what we now refer to as Developmental Education—are for racial and ethnic minorities to established at universities to address disparities in academic pursue postsecondary education.1 preparation among an increasingly diverse student population.2

Today Challenges in Remedial Education Remedial education is designed to help students achieve expected competencies in core academic skills, but it has been criticized for its lack of impact on college completion rates. This problem is particularly acute at community colleges:

High Placement Rates Low Success Rates

30% of community college students referred for remedial courses don’t show up to their first or subsequent remedial 52% courses.4

30% of community college students who do complete the remedial 1 in 10 52% of students entering courses don’t attempt community college students a 2-year college are placed their gateway courses who complete gateway courses 4 3 into remedial classes.3 within two years. graduate within three years.

Moving Beyond Remediation Addressing deficiencies in prior learning isn’t enough to keep students engaged and moving forward. True developmental education builds personal skills like time management and effective study habits along with academic skills to provide more comprehensive support for struggling students.

Tomorrow The Future of Developmental Education Educators, reformer organizations, legislators, and other stakeholders are working together to find more expedient and effective ways to accelerate college readiness, improve persistence, and drive completion.

■ Building Bridges California State University, Tennessee Community Colleges, and states like Indiana, Texas, Florida, and Kentucky have begun building bridges between high school and college. Through alignment of readiness assessments, coordination of high school exit and college entry requirements, creation of transition curricula, and dual enrollment programs, they’re working to ensure that more freshmen are entering prepared to succeed.

Redesigning Remediation Many states including Colorado, Indiana, Connecticut, Maryland, Tennessee, and Texas are redesigning remediation. They’re implementing new compressed, accelerated, co-requisite, workshop, and other models to move students on to credit-bearing courses more quickly and integrating college readiness skills for a comprehensive approach to developmental education that prepares students for long-term success.

These are just a few of the ways that developmental education is being reimagined to improve learning outcomes. Pearson is partnering with institutions and education reform organizations to implement these and other high-impact strategies that

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1National Center for Developmental Education. (n.d.). Developmental education: Its long history. 3Complete College America’s Report: Remediation: Higher Education’s Bridge to Nowhere. Retrieved from http://www.cfder.org/uploads/3/0/4/9/3049955/developmental_education_its_ http://www.completecollege.org/docs/CCA-Remediation-final.pdf long_history.pdf 4Jenkins, D., Jaggars, S.S., & Roksa, J. (November 2009). Promoting Gatekeeper Course Success Among 2Dotzler, J. (2003). A note on the nature and history of post-secondary developmental education in America. Community College Students Needing Remediation: Findings and Recommendations from a Virginia Study Mathematics & Computer Education, 37(1), 121-125. (Summary Report). Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, pp. 2-3. http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED507824.pdf