Daphne Figueroa, Mark Manasse, San Diego Miramar College  Basic
Skills Connections  San Diego Miramar College has used funds
from the California Community Colleges' Basic Skills Initiative
grant to offer a wide array of student support programs,
including instructional assistants in basic skills English
courses, an English/ESOL lab, supplemental instruction in basic
skills math and English, tutoring services to students pursuing
certificates and degrees in Child Development, counseling
presentations tailored to basic skills students, and basic
skills tutoring in a specialized math lab. Individual project
coordinators have collaborated to make the overall Basic Skills
connections program efficient and well-connected, so that
services are widely advertised and accessible to as many basic
skills students as possible each semester.  Close Window