Kids are arriving on college campuses with fewer skills. But, rather than challenge students, many colleges are lowering ...

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 ...

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 ...

>>>CORRECTION: There are 7, 740 students enrolled in remedial courses, not between 3,800 and 3,900 like the story stated. Also, it read the number of students enrolled in English remedial courses has ...

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 ...

Boosting graduation rates of community college students who need remedial coursework has been a long-standing challenge, but a team of community college professors are gaining followers to their ...

Remedial courses are required when students are not prepared for the rigors of traditional college classes in certain areas. In recent years, the state and nation moved toward a "corequisite model," ...

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 ...

In a recent quiz for her class of incoming Cal State Fullerton freshmen – who had all failed an algebra placement exam – Cherlyn Converse asked the students to solve a polynomial equation by factoring ...

Class-changing at Manchester Community College. The majority of the students who attend community college in Connecticut need remedial work. Credit: CT Mirror file photo Lawmakers are being flooded ...

Louisiana is ending its use of college remedial courses in English and math, embracing instead a model that relies on corequsiite academic assistance in introductory courses. The Louisiana Board of ...

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 ...