Links+and+Resources

=Program Resources=

[|National Center for Developmental Education] Repository for, among other things, a wide variety of resources and reports addressing key issues related to developmental education

[|Developmental Education Toolkit] Community College Central (Bridges to Opportunity Initiative) Comprehensive template for helping institutions and educational systems analyze key variables/elements related to improving college readiness and developmental education programs

[|Basic Skills][| Handbook] Basic Skills Initiative Comprehensive handbook addressing the design and implementation of effective basic skills (aka precollege) programs in California community colleges

[|Windows on Learning: Resources for Basic Skills Education] Sampling of multi-media case presentations of faculty-driven projects related to innovations in basic skills education in California

The Research & Planning Group, CA Community College System

Wide variety of resources and “good practice” ideas for community colleges, including (but not specific to) precollege programs and interventions

Women Employed with Chicago Jobs Council and UIC Great Cities Institute
 * Bridges to Careers for Low Skilled Adults: A Program Guide **

Academy for Excellence, Cabrillo College, CA Academy for College Excellence (ACE) is a full-time, first-semester community college program with [|proven results]. ACE targets the needs of underprepared students, while equipping them to succeed in the technology-driven, 21st-century economy. Some great ideas here for transfoming curricula and approaches to dev ed.

[] A collection of readings related to technology and adult basic education, gathered by Melissa Adams