Shifting Developmental Studies into High Gear: A System Approach to Redesign in Tennessee
Paula Myrick Short and Treva Berryman
Tennessee Board of Regents This PowerPoint was presented at the 2009
ECS National Forum on Education Policy in Nashville, Tennessee.

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With support from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) has established a new system-wide initiative to redesign its developmental math and English curriculum using technology- supported, active-learning strategies. The goal is to achieve improvements in learning outcomes as well as reductions in instructional costs. This effort has been undertaken in collaboration with the Education Commission of the States and the National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT), building on the successful models and lessons learned from NCAT’s Program in Course Redesign and Roadmap to Redesign. The initiative has awarded a total of $240,000 in grants to six TBR institutions to support its redesign efforts.

In addition, the project is examining current state and system policy to identify barriers that facilitate or impede innovation in the delivery of developmental studies and examining how developmental studies can be incorporated into state P-20 efforts.

Project Contacts:

Dr. Paula Short
Project Co-Director and Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Tennessee Board of Regents
paula.short@tbr.edu or 615.366.4411

Dr. Bruce Vandal
Project Co-Director,
Education Commission of the States
bvandal@ecs.org or 303.299.3611

Dr. Treva Berryman
Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Tennessee Board of Regents,
treva.berryman@tbr.edu or 615.366.4442

Upcoming meetings featuring the Tennessee Developmental Studies Redesign Initiative:

Association for the Study of Higher Education
Annual Conference
November 4-7, 2009
Vancouver, B.C.
Bruce Vandal, ECS, will present at a session on developmental education policy (Session L).