Relentless Leader's Focus on Developmental Education: An Interview with Byron McClenney

National Center for Developmental Education. Appalachian State University, P.O. Box 32098, Boone, NC 28608-2098. Tel: 828-262-3057; Fax: 828-262-7183; Web site: http://www.ncde.appstate.edu/publications.htm

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Community Colleges; Developmental Studies Programs; Educational Administration; Minority Groups; Interviews; Higher Education; Best Practices; Intervention

Colorado; Texas

0894-3907

Dr. Byron McClenney is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Educational Administration and serves on the staff of the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas-Austin as Project Director for Achieving the Dream. He was previously the President of the Community College of Denver. As President of the Community College of Denver he established developmental education as a priority, particularly as a means of promoting success for minority students. In this article, the author interviews Byron McClenney. In this interview, McClenney talks about the things he had done as President of the Community College of Denver as well as the necessity of having a "relentless focus" on developmental education. He talks about some of the most important "best practices" in developmental education and the things that he envision as the major challenges that community college developmental education is likely to face in the foreseeable future.

ERIC

2009

EJ832678