Posts Tagged ‘unprepared students’
April 12 - Helping At-Risk Students Succeed in the College Classroom
By: Mary Bart in Teaching and Learning
Only 51 percent of high school graduates who took the ACT met ACT’s College Readiness Benchmark for Reading, which demonstrates their readiness to handle the reading requirements for typical first-year college coursework. For some groups, the percentage is even more discouraging: African American students are at 21 percent, while Hispanic American students and students from families whose annual income is less than $30,000 are both at 33 percent.
February 5 - Teaching Unprepared Students: Success and Retention Strategies
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
There are more unprepared students arriving on college campuses than ever before. The number of college students with defined learning disabilities has tripled, while many other students simply have inadequate reading, writing, and study skills. Get practical strategies for improving at-risk students’ skills and increasing student success rates.
Dr. Kathleen Gabriel is an Assistant Professor in the Professional Studies in Education Department of California State University, Chico and the author of Teaching Unprepared Students: Strategies for Promoting Success and Retention in Higher Education. Dr. Gabriel has developed academic support programs for at-risk college students at the universities of Kansas and Arizona.