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 The classes have been replaced by corequisite ...

Fifteen years ago, the Obama administration and philanthropic foundations encouraged more Americans to get a college degree. Remedial classes were a big barrier. Two-thirds of community college ...

At least 569,751 students were enrolled in remedial classes that year. The true total is likely much higher because of inconsistencies in the way states track this data that may not capture adults ...

Remedial classes were a big barrier. Two-thirds of community college students and 40% of four-year college students weren’t academically prepared for college-level work and were forced to take ...

AB 705 takes a student's high school coursework, grades and grade point average into consideration to assess that a student can enroll and complete a non-remedial college course in English and ...

Contrary to the fears expressed by opponents of the law, the shift away from remedial courses did not erode our broad mission as a community college. We continued to offer our full range of ...

These courses included: (1) traditional, remedial, non-credit elementary algebra; (2) the elementary algebra course with weekly workshops; (3) or college-level, credit-bearing introductory ...

Offering remedial classes “ignores all of the research” showing students do better in math courses that would transfer to universities, said Katie Hern, an English instructor at Chabot College and ...

Colleges routinely force students with weak math skills to take remedial classes before enrolling in one that yields credit, a requirement that poses one of the biggest hurdles for disadvantaged ...

Harvard might be America’s most elite university — but now it’s offering remedial math classes. The school’s math department is providing a new scaled-back math class for freshmen who are ...