Colleges are coddling Gen Z with easier courses — and it’s going to backfire

Kids are arriving on college campuses with fewer skills and diminished attention spans. But, rather than challenge students, ...
Inside Higher Ed

Report: Test Scores Helpful for Remedial Course Placement

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. A new report from ACT, the company that owns and administers its namesake standardized exam, found ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Remedial Courses Increase Chances That Underprepared Students Will Complete Their Degrees, Study Finds

Remedial courses appear to improve poorly prepared college students’ odds of eventually completing a degree, two economists reported in a working paper distributed last week. The new study, which ...
WWNO

New approach to math leads to better pass rates at Louisiana colleges

A new approach to helping college students who struggle with math is showing early signs of success in Louisiana. For decades, students who weren’t ready for college-level courses were asked to take a ...
Inside Higher Ed

CUNY Ends Remedial Courses

The City University of New York system ended the last of its remedial math and English courses this fall, according to a press release sent Thursday. The classes have been replaced by corequisite ...
Washington Examiner

Remedial courses show ‘it’s never too late’

Of course, it would’ve helped if he hadn’t missed quite so many days, or if he had paid a little bit more attention in class. But he also could’ve used some better teachers, he said, calling all but ...
New York Post

Nearly half of NYC DOE grads at CUNY need remedial classes

Nearly half of all New York City public school graduates who head to local community colleges are forced into remedial classes to survive their first semester, troubling new data obtained by The Post ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Remedial Courses Help College Students Complete Degrees, Study Finds

Remedial courses appear to improve poorly prepared college students’ odds of eventually completing a degree, two economists reported in a working paper distributed in June. The new study, which draws ...
Campus Safety Magazine

Program Reduces Need for Remedial College Courses

The National Center on Education and the Economy is organizing a program for high school programs in eight states that will allow 10th grade students to pass a series of tests in order to receive a ...
The Desert Sun

Dozens of community colleges offer remedial classes; bill to ban them awaits Newsom’s signature

Remedial education at California’s community colleges is facing a death blow. Awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature is a bill that would mostly ban remedial math and English classes, which can’t ...
StamfordAdvocate

Bill would cut college remedial classes

DonnaJean Fredeen, dean of the school of arts and science at Southern Connecticut State University, is all about making sure students are ready for college work and helping them graduate on time. She ...