2016 Annual Conference

Presenters will share remedial reform initiatives that have been adopted by Morton College, which have been adopted to support adult and developmental education students. Attendees will evaluate the merits of a variety of currently popular remedial initiatives through taking part in a game like activity, concluding with a group discussion.

Administrators as well as faculty and staff members who are interested in finding ways to help students in adult and developmental education programs transition to college will be interested in this session.

This session will focus on presenting a range of ideas for helping underprepared students transition to credit programs and complete degrees and certificates, and helping participants evaluate strategies that might be applied to their own programs and colleges. To accomplish this, presenters will begin by presenting several ongoing initiatives at Morton College (i.e. Bridge Programs, Illinois Career and Academic Preparation, Accelerated Developmental Education courses, Intensive Orientation) as examples. Then, participants will take part in a game-like activity that will ask small groups to evaluate the relative merits of a variety of remedial reform initiatives and apply these reforms to improve success at a fictional community college. The session will conclude with a debriefing of the game that will lead participants to discuss promising practices for strengthening transition and completion efforts at their own institutions.