Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed Assembly Bill 1705, setting into motion changes that will severely restrict the ability of community colleges to offer remedial math and English courses. The ...

Annual cost of college-level remedial help%3A %247 billion Graduation rates lower for those who take a developmental course 60%25 of community college students take at least one remedial course After ...

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 ...

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 ...

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," ...

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 ...

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 ...

The percentage of students entering the state's public colleges and university unprepared for college-level course work has dipped once again, marking the lowest rate in at least the past five years.

Students on campus at Manchester Community College Credit: CT Mirror file photo Class-changing at Manchester Community College. The majority of the students who attend community college in Connecticut ...

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 ...

Nearly two-thirds of 2004's graduating high school seniors now enrolled in Houston-area community colleges are taking remedial classes because they weren't prepared for college. Sixteen local school ...

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 ...