The RN Skills Lab Remedial Specialist (SLRS) works with students 5 days a week,
8 hours a day.  Failing students are referred to the SLRS by RN instructors so
the SLRS knows the background and needs of each student before they come to her.
All students can use the lab, but a direct referral requires that the student
spend 3 hours a week in the lab working under the direction of the SLRS on
targeted skills and competencies.   

The Skills Lab has both a computerized and a hands-on-skills section.  The SLRS
spends most of her time in the  ....

The Dental Hygiene program at Chabot College is small and selective; enrolling
eighteen out of a pool of approximately ninety qualified applicants each year.
Applicants are selected using a system that awards points for overall GPA and
grades in anatomy, physiology, and microbiology courses. Since the program
attracts applicants from throughout California, applicants from the college’s
district receive an additional five points. Fifty to one hundred people attend
an information day on campus each fall.  Most applicants have completed at l ....

This project investigated the impact of collaboration on student success and 
retention in online algebra classes at Diablo Valley College.  Two sections of 
online intermediate Algebra were taught with the same curriculum, homework, and 
testing requirements.  The “treatment” class was taught in a collaborative learning 
environment, while the other, “comparison,” class was taught without collaboration.
The study found that the use of collaboration did not have a statistically significant 
impact on grade distributions, student retention ....

Documentation of successful transfer practices at Porterville College, including 
effective transfer strategies and quantitative research on transfer volume and rates 
including assessing the impact of student services, course-taking patterns, 
transfer readiness and preparedness, and demographics.  More information is 
available at the Transfer Leadership Center website at 
http://www.rpgroup.org/css/TransferLeadershipCenter.html ....

In 1997, Palomar College formed an Assessment of Learning Project (ALP) team 
of faculty members. The team began its work with a survey and interviewed 
twenty-nine randomly selected faculty members as a follow-up. Seventy-four 
percent of the respondents “strongly agreed” or “agreed” that the college should 
assess the knowledge and skills of AA degree candidates and students 
transferring to four-year institutions. In 1998 and 1999, the ALP team conducted 
focus groups with representatives from the faculty, staff, students, community 
 ....

A glossary of terms related to student learning outcomes and assessment. ....

Interested student service and instructional service professionals should attend 
this session, which will discuss a research consortium framework for evaluating 
student learning within student services in California community colleges.  In
order to better understand how student service professionals are evaluating student 
learning and/or evaluating their contributions to the student learning environment, 
research questions and the methodology for a consortium research project will be 
posed.  Participants will be able to critique the  ....

This brief document defines assessment and how it relates to the new 
accreditation standards.  It looks at “what assessment looks like at
the college level, ” noting that “this focus on SLOs represents a
paradigm shift in education from what is taught to what students
should know or do at the end of a course, program or degree, or
educational experience.” The document also defines SLOs. Lastly, it
discusses how College of San Mateo will address student assessment
with the goal “that ultimately this approach to assessment will result
in ....

Santa Monica College has invited 150 representatives from the local community to 
sit on a General Advisory Board (GAB) that meets five times a year for breakfast. 
The GAB was developed twenty years ago, but for many years suffered from lack 
of attention. An enthusiastic administrator who works closely with the college 
president recently rebuilt it. Members include business owners, corporate 
representatives, public officials, and other neighbors. The breakfasts always 
include an introduction or status report on one or two college pro ....

The CAP is designed to help students balance personal and academic 
responsibilities to fulfill their academic promise. ....