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Reforming Developmental Education Reforms
Understanding and affirming the experiences and aspirations of racially minoritized students like Marcus* is a powerful way to support their academic confidence and success, especially during the first year of college.
One intriguing remedy—albeit in its nascent stages—involves combining structural changes such as corequisite courses with practices that address engagement between students and their instructors.
Read the latest blog post from our director, Dr. Maxine Roberts, for the Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness to learn effective validation practices that can be used in the classroom and how to scale them in the system.
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