The Perceptions and Experiences of Faculty Implementing Florida’s Developmental Education Reform

Florida Senate Bill 1720 drastically changed developmental education, beginning in fall 2014. This paper considers affected faculty members’ perceptions and experiences with the passage implementation of reform, according to focus group data provided by 294 participants at 21 College System institutions between 2014 2019. We found that members experienced feelings powerlessness meaninglessness—the two main components policy alienation—related SB 1720, some reported opportunities for discretion innovation a local level. Despite alienation, worked hard facilitate student success through changes.