1. financial problems changes at work legal problems car trouble abusive situation at home medical problems eviction problems with children laid off life happens student becomes discouraged student becomes depressed student feels isolated student loses confidence stress becomes unbearable student wasn’t prepared for college-level work affective issues Why Do Students Drop Out?

2. Co-Requisite Models Students take their developmental work concurrently with credit-level composition.  as tutoring  as one credit  as lab  as concurrent course  as studio  as supplemental instruction Basic Principle:

3. Credit-Level Comp ALP ALP Developmental

4. passed ENG 052 1428 69% did not pass ENG 052 642 31% results for students who took ALP in fall 07, spring 08, and fall 08 as of June 2010 took ENG 052 Fa07-Fa08 2070 took ENG 101 1124 54% took no more writing courses 304 15% results for students who took traditional developmental writing in fall 07, spring 08, and fall 08 as of June 2010 passed ENG 052 85 82% didn’t pass ENG 052 19 18% took ENG 052 Fa07-Fa08 104 100% took ENG 101 104 100% took no more writing courses 0 0%

5. took ENG 101 1124 54% took no more writing courses 304 15% passed ENG 052 1428 69% did not pass ENG 052 642 31% results for students who took ALP in fall 07, spring 08, and fall 08 as of June 2010 took ENG 052 Fa07-Fa08 2070 passed ENG 101 828 40% didn’t pass ENG 101 296 14% results for students who took traditional developmental writing in fall 07, spring 08, and fall 08 as of June 2010 passed ENG 052 85 82% didn’t pass ENG 052 19 18% took ENG 052 Fa07-Fa08 104 100% took ENG 101 104 100% took no more writing courses 0 0% passed ENG 101 78 75% didn’t pass ENG 101 26 25%

6. 20% 5% 15% Longitudinal Studies: Credits Earned after One Year and After Two Years 25% 10% traditional dev writing ALP 24% n=120 24% n=120 11% n=526 15 or more credits30 or more credits after one yearafter two years 24% n=56 24% n=56 12% n=414 ALP The Accelerated Learning Project cohort from fall 07 and fall 08