NLA Discussion: Next Step Programs

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In a message dated 8/26/98 2:02:39 PM, Donna Miller-Parker wrote:

<Students are referred to these courses when they fail to pass entrance
<exams. They may also self-refer.  In nearly all cases, these courses are
<tuition-bearing.

Two of the reasons we have a college-prep component to our GED program at
Roxbury Community College is so that students will not have to face another
academic failure and so that they will not have to use student loan money
for non-credit courses. Our program is funded through the Department of
Education and includes extensive counselling and support services.

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