Nearly two-thirds of 2004's graduating high school seniors now enrolled in Houston-area community colleges are taking remedial classes because they weren't prepared for college. Sixteen local school ...

Two years ago, when Texas lawmakers reworked the way the state's colleges and universities handle remedial courses, they hoped to find a solution that would help students who weren't college-ready get ...

A large number of California’s community college students face roadblocks in their education and drop out because they are required to take remedial — or what college officials call developmental — ...

Remedial math and English classes were designed to help students prepare for college-level courses, but research has shown that they actually made it harder for students to finish college. Students ...

In 2017, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 2223 mandating that all higher education institutions develop and implement corequisite courses for developmental education. According to the Dana ...

The percentage of students entering the state's public colleges and university unprepared for college-level course work has dipped once again, marking the lowest rate in at least the past five years.

T hey’ve tried compressing it, breaking it into bite-size chunks, computerizing it, even making it optional. But the traditional, prerequisite remedial course that generations of underprepared ...

Policymakers, colleges, and school districts should take steps to successfully reform remedial education for recent high school graduates. A student uses her calculator during a remedial math class in ...

Paul Medina struggled with remedial math in community college, but ultimately passed a college-level course with intense help from a tutor. Despite a state law that requires community colleges to ...

Back when remedial education was popular in policy circles, it was seen as a way to help those students most at risk of dropping out of college. Instead of immediately finding themselves overwhelmed ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Florida gambled big in 2013 when the state adopted a law eliminating placement exams and remedial ...

Despite taxpayers shouldering the cost of remedial courses at public universities, many students required to take such prep courses often leave school without a diploma. As the nation's colleges and ...