Showing posts with label Writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Writing. Show all posts

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Using Tutoring To Increase Student Persistence & Graduation Rates

Many students drop out of community college and four year programs because they can't handle "gatekeeper" courses such as basic developmental math and writing. In a recent survey conducted by Communty College of Philadelphia, 20% of students dropped out for academic and program availability issues.

In this interview on the EDUInsight.com project web site, I address this drop out problem and how it negatively impacts students and educational institutions.

You can check out this interview at http://www.eduinsight.com/archive/john_stuppy.php

John Stuppy, john@tutorvista.com