A Mixed Methods Study: The Examination Of A Developmental Education Program At An Urban Public Maryland Community College

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This was a mixed methods study that examined the developmental education program at an urban public Maryland community college. The data were collected from interviews with a former English Chair, a former Math Chair, and the Director of Institutional Research. Each was selected because of his and her expertise. Data were also collected from one cross-sectional survey composed of 47 questions and one focus group of students currently enrolled at the Maryland community college, which asked 7 questions. The research and examination of the urban public Maryland community college found many troubling concerns but none that could not be overcome to the benefit of the remedial education students it currently serves if the researcher's recommendations were implemented. The researcher found that although the college referred to its learning assistance program as a developmental education program, it was in fact a remedial education program with math remediation embedded in the Math Department

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