Students in North Carolina and Virginia community colleges who started their fall semester have already knocked out credits for math and English and are moving onto their next classes. Both state ...

Taking remedial courses at the four-year college level may hold students back from earning their bachelor's degrees, but at the community college level remedial education can help earn an associate's ...

State colleges will be able to offer no-credit remedial courses for another year if the institutions can prove they aren’t ready to implement public act 12-40, according to a proposed redraft of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A new structure for remedial courses at Mississippi’s 15 community colleges could help more students graduate more quickly. The centerpiece of the model is an effort to move some ...

Steering new college students into remedial classes can boost a poorly prepared student's chances of success, but doesn't appear to benefit students with a stronger academic background, RTI ...

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 ...

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 ...