Ivy Tech Community College is Indiana’s largest public post-secondary institution serving nearly 200,000 students. They strive to achieve their vision of “Changing Lives/Making Indiana Great” by delivering a wide variety of affordable, open-access education and training programs.

Ivy Tech chose to pilot NROC’s Developmental Math – An Open Program in the Fall of 2012 as a way to address the math remediation needs of their Automotive and Welding program students. Their career and technical certificate programs are a full-time endeavor with students attending class 30 hours per week. Students work on the NROC Developmental Math program independently, in a computer lab, for 90 minutes Monday through Friday, with instructor assistance available.

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Rasmussen College, founded in 1900 in St. Paul, Minnesota, today includes 24 campuses around the country and more than 40 diverse online degree programs available to students around the   globe.

Rasmussen began piloting NROC’s Developmental Math – An Open Program in Fall 2012 with their Math Prep Experience. This new program is a free, pre-enrollment path for students who need to “brush-up” on their math skills after taking the placement test and before they begin their classes. Students work independently on specific NROC units, and achieving an 80% proficiency level allows them to enroll in a college level math course.

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Renton Technical College provides training or retraining for those seeking marketable job skills or upgrading current skills. Specialized programs allow students with or without high school credentials to enter at numerous times, progress in accordance with individual aptitudes, and complete low-cost training making job entry and success possible.

During 2011 and continuing into 2012, Renton has been running several pilot sections using NROC’s Developmental Math – An Open Program. Students used the course in an emporium lab setting and worked independently.  An instructor is available to provide individualized assistance as needed.

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Jacksonville State University (JSU)  is a regional university serving northeast Alabama on a 459-acre campus with 59 buildings and multiple locations. Many of their students are low-income, from rural areas and are first generation college students.

In recent years, JSU has seen an increased enrollment in developmental mathematics classes and poor success rates, so they were looking for ways to help their students do better. They joined the NROC Developmental Math pilot in August 2011 with plans to use the program as a supplement to existing curriculum materials.

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Chattanooga State is a regionally accredited educational institution. Their mission is to transform the lives of individuals and develop the capacities of the business and industrial communities through technical and postsecondary education.

In August of 2012 Chattanooga began a pilot of NROC Developmental Math–An Open Program to provide support for students preparing for the COMPASS placement exam.

Watch an updated recording of the NROC webinar on Using NROC Math to Prepare for College Placement Exams with Judy Lowe of Chattanooga State Community College.

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Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC), has been part of the Charlotte, NC, landscape for almost 50 years and has six campuses located throughout Mecklenburg County. They serve a largely urban population of traditional college age students and returning adults in career transition.

They began piloting NROC’s Developmental Math – An Open Program with a blended classroom approach as part of exploring options for Developmental Math course redesign.

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