Resource Library
Strong Start to Finish disseminates a variety of resources including research papers and “how-to” documents to practitioners in the field as they work to implement reforms. Here, you’ll find some of our collective knowledge.
Points of Interest
Higher Pass Rates with Co-Requisites
April 8, 2020
Vilan Odekar
This Points of Interest shows that co-requisites result in higher pass rates in non-STEM college-level courses for Black and Hispanic students.
Points of Interest
Improving STEM outcomes
April 1, 2020
Vilan Odekar
This Points of Interest shows that students who take a co-requisite STEM course have higher success rates than students in the traditional developmental sequence.
People in the Reform
People in the Reform: Nadia Turner
March 30, 2020
Vilan Odekar
First-generation college student Nadia Turner shares her story of persistence in pursuing her college degree from Middle Georgia State University, where she initially struggled through non-credit bearing developmental English and math classes.
Points of Interest
Accelerating Math Outcomes
March 25, 2020
Vilan Odekar
This Points of Interest shows that students who take a co-requisite statistics course have a higher likelihood of completing college-level statistics within their first year of college.
Podcasts
Helping Students Build Momentum for Success
March 19, 2020
Alison Kadlec
In this podcast, learn how the University System of Georgia continues to be a national model for helping students graduate, starting with reforming developmental education for first-year students.
Points of Interest
Co-requisites Improve Course Pass Rates
March 18, 2020
Vilan Odekar
This Points of Interest shows that students who take co-requisite college-level math courses pass at a higher rate than students who take the traditional developmental math sequence.
Learning from the Reform
2020 Learning Network Convening Program
March 13, 2020
Christopher M. Mullin
Strong Start to Finish’s 2020 Learning Network Convening was a held in Miami the first week of March. Highlights are hard to extract, as each session brought value to participants. To that end, we have decided to share the program here.
Points of Interest
Students’ Coursetaking Experiences
March 11, 2020
Vilan Odekar
This Points of Interest shows that a higher percentage of Black and Hispanic students took developmental courses in their first year of college than other student groups.
Points of Interest
Uneven Implementation
March 4, 2020
Vilan Odekar
This Points of Interest shows that California Community Colleges offer a greater number of transfer-level English sections than transfer-level math sections.
