Arendale, David R.Casazza, MarthaHighbee, Jeanne LStahl, Norm2018-10-012018-10-012000Arendale, D. R., Casazza, M., Higbee, J. L., & Stahl, N. (2000). Enhancing student access and retention. In D. B. Lundell, & J. L. Higbee (Eds.), Proceedings of the First Intentional Meeting on the Future Directions in Developmental Education (pp. 40-42). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, General College, Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy. Available online: ERIC database. (ED462119).https://hdl.handle.net/11299/200457The goals of developmental education include promoting educational opportunity through efforts that enhance both access and retention. Although the measures taken and the issues related to access and retention may overlap, they are not synonymous and must be addressed separately. Defining access is more complicated than it might appear. Traditionally, access has been viewed as opening the door to postsecondary education. With the proliferation of public community colleges and technical institutions in many states, some educators and legislators alike have assumed that the problem of access has been addressed because relatively low-cost programs are available to anyone with a high school diploma or its equivalent. However, numerous other issues related to access are overlooked.encollege studentshigher and postsecondary educationdevelopmental educationacademic accessstudent retention and persistence rateslearning assistanceacademic accessConference Paper