A new program at CSUN will attempt to alleviate the need for remedial education as proposed by a California State University Remedial Education Policy. The policy is designed to dramatically reduce ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - At Grand Rapids Community College, fall semester is still more than a month away. By the time the classes start, though, hundreds of incoming students will have a head start on ...

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 ...

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 ...

TIM ISBELL/SUN HERALDStudents watch Billy Collins reading some of his poetry in class at USM Gulf Park this month. TIM ISBELL SUN HERALD Catherine Tibbs' English class on the University of Southern ...

More than one-third of Colorado students need remedial courses when they go to college. That costs students and the state a hefty chunk of change. According to a new report released by the Colorado ...

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 ...

Judah Lindsey's college career started four weeks early and from his bedroom in his parents' house in Pontiac, rather than on the manicured Rochester Hills campus of Oakland University like he'd ...

Remedial classes are required of college students who fail to meet academic standards set by placement testing. Although the courses are intended to help students prepare for college-level work, they ...

The California State University system is ditching its remedial programs. Recent data have shown that requiring students with weak English and/or math skills to take noncredit remedial classes before ...

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 ...

A report out this week and a proposed state law take aim at the way California community colleges place most incoming students into classes to improve their skills. In a typical year, California ...