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Dominican Launches "Year Of Democracy And Equity", Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee Jul 2016

Dominican Launches "Year Of Democracy And Equity", Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

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Students are spending this academic year immersed in a thought-provoking and collaborative lineup of courses and activities focused on a central theme of “Democracy and Equity.” Programming both in and out of the classroom is engaging students in some of the most critical issues facing the U.S.


California Community Colleges Student Equity, Esl And Basic Skills Students, Janet L. Daugherty May 2016

California Community Colleges Student Equity, Esl And Basic Skills Students, Janet L. Daugherty

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The leadership of California Community Colleges had been tasked with examining the data of English Language Learners (ELL) in urban, rural and suburban settings. This student popluation has difficulty navigating noncredit language courses that are prerequisites to college level credit courses leading to specialized certiciates and/or an associate's degree. The leaders at the community college level discovered gaps in student course completion data, students for whom English is a second language (ESL). These students sometimes do not receive support services toward successful course completion. Through analyzing course completion data, the leaders can implement student support services to assist ELL in …