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Martha -- Could it be that music, foreign language, and engineering courses are electives chosen by the student, who is interested and motivated to learn the material because s/he likes it? While "Developmental Reading" implies a "deficiency" which makes the student uncomfortable, and not very happy about having to relearn something that should have been masterd by the time s/he reached college. Perhaps the "Developmental Reading" courses should be adjunct courses with chosen electives, where the students would be using the preferred text to learn the necessary reading strategies. This was just a thought, maybe it's an old and tested one. Thanks for the interesting commentary. Joanie Shulman