The Open-Door College: The Problem of the Low Achiever.

Autor/inn/en	Roueche, John E.; Hurlburt, Allan S.
Institution	Ohio State Univ., Columbus.
Titel	The Open-Door College: The Problem of the Low Achiever.
Quelle	39 (1968) 8, (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Admission Criteria; Evaluation; Learning Processes; Low Ability Students; Low Achievement; Remedial Programs; Two Year Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Evaluierung; Learning process; Lernprozess; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Förderprogramm
Abstract	By historical precedent and state legislation, community colleges are and will continue to be open-door colleges. They are properly viewed as the means of providing educational opportunity for all, including the low achiever. The open-door policy, however, will be valid only if students can achieve their goals. Their success will determine whether the door is really open or merely revolving. Community colleges must therefore determine what low-achieving students are going to learn in remedial programs, the conditions of learning, and how the learning can be evaluated. Boards of trustees and parents can put pressure on both administrators and instructors to evaluate their efforts with the low achiever. This evaluation is essential if only to show the general ineffectiveness of current developmental or remedial programs. Junior colleges will have to face the challenge of demonstrated student learning as the one criterion for the success of any program for the low achiever. In short, the open-door policy is justified only if the college provides valuable educational experiences for all students admitted and makes student learning a major institutional goal. (HH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01