Meeting the Needs of Students

The Center for Postsecondary Success (CPS) at Florida State University, have been conducting a longitudinal study of how Florida College System (FCS) institutions have implemented developmental education reform (SB 1720) on their campuses. As a part of this research effort, we conducted site visits to nine FCS institutions from October 2017 to April 2018 to study how SB 1720 was implemented on the ground. Here we present findings from our analysis of focus group interviews conducted at these nine FCS institutions with administrators, faculty members, advisors, and students. In total, we conducted 34 semi-structured focus groups and 10 individual interviews lasting from 19 minutes to 75 minutes. Focus groups on average involved between 2 and 10 individuals. We spoke with 62 administrators, 48 faculty members, 50 academic advisors, and 59 students, resulting in data from 219 research participants.