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 ...

Of the 45 students who started Roya Furmuly’s online remedial algebra class, just over half stayed until the end. The instructor at Pierce College in Woodland Hills dropped about eight for attendance ...

Beyond its building boom, perhaps the most notable developments at Jackson Community College this decade has been its push to make sure incoming students are ready to learn. As we saw last week, that ...

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Three years after 1,724 students sat for placement exam only 76 students earned an associate's degree Colleges fear standardized placement tests correlate more closely with race, class and income ...

In an effort to help disadvantaged students through college, both public schools and state officials have identified what may seem an unlikely bogeyman: the courses designed to help struggling ...

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Florida's new experiment with academically weak college students, who for years were required to take remedial non-credit courses before enrolling in the real thing, is off and running but where it's ...

Nearly half of all New York City public school graduates who head to local community colleges are forced into remedial classes to survive their first semester, troubling new data obtained by The Post ...

South Bend, Ind. - About 70 percent of first-time students at Ivy Tech Community College campuses are required to take remedial classes before they can enroll for college credit. The need for remedial ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Stephanie Weiner teaches a City Colleges English-language class to about 15 Hispanic students in the Wicker Park neighborhood. Her first classroom was the basement of the New Tiberia Baptist Church.