Developmental Education Policy in Georgia
As usual, I am posting my most recent doctoral paper. May help someone. Please cite my work, though. Abstract Potential nontraditional-aged college students often come from underprepared academic backgrounds or have experienced learning attrition from their last formal education. National and state statistics on the numbers of remedial (developmental, learning support) students are large, but state governments often balk at paying for developmental education because of its expense and its alleged ineffectiveness and because developmental education is seen as “paying twice” for education that should have been accomplished in P-12. Georgia, with its traditional low high school graduation rates, has large numbers of developmental students, both recent graduates and adult learners. Recent policy changes were instituted to increase completion rates in the USG, but these have led to decreased access for learners needing developmental coursework. Suggestions for policy