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Download full textBoylan, Hunter R.; And Others – Research in Developmental Education, 1988
The historical roots of developmental education are traced in a three-part article extending across three serial issues. "Educating All the Nation's People," by Hunter R. Boylan and William G. White, Jr., reviews the historical antecedents of developmental education, focusing on efforts in the 17th century to prepare English-speaking American…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Colleges, College Preparation, College Role
Enright, Gwyn – 1988
Drawing from the literature of the 1950s and more recently published articles from the 1980s, this essay attempts to analyze the extent to which the field of developmental education has changed and/or remained the same over the past 30 years. Comparisons are drawn with respect to the following: (1) the cognitive and affective scope of…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Change
Richardson, Richard C.; Leslie, Larry L. – 1980
In response to advocates of an expanded mission for community colleges, this three-part monograph examines the conflict between aspirations for continuing mission development and financial constraints. Part I reviews the development of six aspects of the current community college mission: transfer, vocational, developmental, continuing education,…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational History
Blair, Richelle M.; Cheifetz, Phil – 1994
This monograph describes the establishment, activities, and accomplishments of the American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges (AMATYC), from its foundation in 1974 to 1994. Section I reviews the history of AMATYC, describing the organization's foundation to provide a voice for two-year college mathematics educators and its first annual…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Educational History, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
