College Readiness

  • Helping Students With Accuplacer Exam
    By Emily Rogan
    June 30, 2016

    A partnership between Brookdale Community College and a local school district is helping students place out of developmental education.

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    Fast Tracking Remedial Coursework
    By Corey Murray
    March 31, 2014

    Educators in at least two states — Colorado and Mississippi — have proposed ambitious initiatives that should help move students out of remedial noncredit education and put them on the path to college completion.

  • Re-inventing the first-year experience
    By Sanci Teague, David Heflin and Tyra Henderson
    October 12, 2016

    West Kentucky Community and Technical College takes a proactive approach to ensuring students succeed their first year in college.

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    Readiness Initiative Expands to Three States
    By Ellen Ullman
    September 18, 2015

    The Southern Regional Education Board is helping high school teachers prepare students for the rigors of higher education.

  • Reassessing Developmental Ed Placement
    By Emily Rogan
    June 16, 2016

    Davidson County Community College is successfully using multiple measures beyond placement tests to determine if students need developmental education.

  • Recruitment requires a human touch
    By Ellie Ashford
    April 22, 2020

    As community college recruiting tools have gone digital during the coronavirus crisis, enrollment professionals say it’s more important than ever to forge personal connections with students.