DAVIE, Fla. -- Professor Derron Bowen teaches high school math to college students, patiently chalking equations on the board on basic arithmetic topics such as the speed of a driver on a a 20-hour ...

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 ...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) – Each year, an estimated 1.7 million U.S. college students are steered to remedial classes to catch them up and prepare them for regular coursework. But a growing body of ...

Can a one- or two-semester remedial course bring unprepared freshmen up to par? On the Pope Center site, George Leef offers a way to test whether remedial programs are doing their job: After ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two years after California implemented a law requiring that community colleges "maximize" the chances that new students complete ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. College remediation has earned a bad reputation over the past few years. Hopeful students spend billions of dollars annually to ...

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One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. The numbers were embarrassing to ...

As political leaders push the idea that the road to a middle-class job is paved through post-secondary education, many more students are finding their way to community colleges. Problem is, many are ...