POLITICAL ADVOCACY ARCHIVES

• "Developmental Education: A Twenty-First Century Social and Economic Imperative," By Robert McCabe and Philip Day.
• "College Remediation: What It Is, What It Costs, What's at Stake," by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (1998) [pdf]
• "Making the Case for Developmental Education," by Hunter Boylan [pdf]
• "The Scope of Developmental Education," by Hunter Boylan [pdf]
• "Remedial Education and Civic Responsibility," by Alexander W. Austin (1998) [html]
• "The Kiss of Death? An Alternative View of College Remediation," by Clifford Adelman (1998)
• "An Interview: Robert McCabe," by Patrick Callan (2000) [html]
• "Keeping the Promise: Remedial Education Revisited," by John E. Roueche and S. D. Roueche (1999)
• "Remedial Education in Colleges and Universities: What's Really Going On?," by Jaime P. Merisotis and Ronald A. Phipps. Review of Higher Education 24 (1), 67-86 (2000)
• "Developmental Education: Demographics, Outcomes, and Activities," by Hunter R. Boylan (1999) [html]
• "Atwell on Remediation," by Robert Atwell (1996)
• "Rethinking Academic 'Excellence'," by Alexander W. Austin. Liberal Education (Spring 1999)
• "Remedial Education: Costs and Consequences, " by David W. Breneman and William N. Haarlow , with Commentaries by Costrell, Ponitz, and Steinburg (1998)
• "State Remediation Policies for the 21st Century Learning Society," by Milton "Bunk" Spann with the NCDE (1998)
• "Statewide Remedial Education Policies," by Edward Crowe. Available for purchase for $8 from the SHEEO website (1998)
• "Exploring Alternatives to Remediation," by Hunter Boylan (1999) [html]
• "Myths Surrounding Developmental Education." Jim Melko, former NADE Political Liaison Co-Chair, lists some of the common myths surrounding developmental education and provides a response to them. [pdf]
• "Use of Pell Grants for Developmental Education Courses." The U.S. Government Accounting Office published a report in August 1997 concerning the use of Pell Grants to pay for tuition costs of developmental education courses. Some congressional leaders advocate banning the use of federal financial aid for developmental education. The GAO report reports that less than 4 percent of aid is used for such courses. [pdf]
• "Remedial Education at Higher Education Institutions in Fall 2000"