Developmental/remedial education
The issues in higher education that academic or student affairs leaders must address:
Developmental/remedial education
Research institutional challenges related to your chosen issue.
Explore best practices for leadership collaboration in higher education.
Write a 1050- to 1400-word paper in which you explain the issue and provide recommendations for how the leadership of the academic affairs and student
affairs departments can collaborate to address this issue. Your paper should:
Describe the nature of the issue.
Outline the factors contributing to the issue.
Explain the impact of the issue on students, staff, and faculty.
Recommend strategies for alleviating the issue.
Outline opportunities for collaboration between academic affairs and student affairs to address the issue. Considerations include:
What is the desired outcome for collaboration?
Who are the stakeholders? Who will interact to develop the collaboration?
What are some foreseeable problems in collaboration and strategies to reduce these problems?
Outline opportunities to collaborate with community partners to resolve the issue. Considerations include:
Funding opportunities
Mutually beneficial relationships.
Potential conflicts of interest
Sample Solution
Each year, millions of students pursue a college degree or credential seeking to move one step closer to achieving their dream. However, many of these students are deemed unprepared or underprepared for college-level coursework and placed into developmental or remedial education. While some would argue that developmental education still serves its original purpose, a recent call among policymakers and educators for higher college completion rates and improved curricula has led to a reexamination of developmental education by states, institutions, and policymakers. Many stakeholders have pushed for changes in colleges` practices with respect to placement in developmental courses, including using multiple measures for assessment and placement. Other reforms to developmental education have included, but are not limited to, comprehensive and integrated support programs and performance-based monetary incentives for students.
