"Who Are We and Where Did We Come From?"
by Martha Casazza (1999) HTML

Abstract:  This article explores the essence of developmental education by looking at its roots in the American higher education system and how it has evolved into what it is today.  The author emphasizes that this evolution was not without tensions and that some of today's concerns existed two centuries ago.  In building a conceptual framework for developmental education today, a case study of a student is provided to clarify some of the definitional issues.  The article concludes with four assumptions underlying NADE's working definition of developmental education. (abstract quoted from the article)