Task Force on College and Career Readiness

College and Career Readiness

Task Force on College and Career Readiness and State Policy

House Bill 1042, signed into law August 28, 2012, requires “all public two-year and four-year higher education institutions to replicate best practices in remediation.”

Prior to the bill’s passage, the Task Force on College and Career Readiness was established and includes representatives from community colleges and four-year universities and Missouri high schools, as well as members of the Missouri Department of Higher Education and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The task force has worked alongside MDHE staff to develop a policy that outlines best practices in the delivery of remedial education.

Based on the commissioned report, Remedial Coursework in Postsecondary Education: The Students, Their Outcomes, and Strategies for Improvement, the MDHE staff administered the 2012 Missouri Developmental Education Survey to all public and independent Missouri postsecondary institutions. The purpose of this survey was to determine developmental education programs and practices currently in place. Results from the survey served as a foundation for policy development.

Remedial Education, Best Practices PDF

Members of the Task Force on College and Career Readiness are:

Rusty Monhollon, Chair	Missouri Department of Higher Education
vacant	University of Missouri-Columbia
Jayme Novara	St. Charles Community College
Elaine Bryan	Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Skip Crooker	University of Central Missouri
Thomas Dieckmann	St. Louis Community College
Jane Greer	University of Missouri – Kansas City
Paula Glover	Moberly Area Community College
Tara Noah	North Central Missouri College
Melody Shipley	North Central Missouri College
Rita Gulstad	Central Methodist University
Vicki Schwinke	State Technical College of Missouri
Blaine Henningsen	Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Jennifer Plemons	Missouri Department of Higher Education