A recent article (“The End of the Remedial Course,” The Chronicle, February 18) and essay (“Replacing Remedial Courses? Be Careful,” The Chronicle, February 18) report some misconceptions about ...

Julia Short remembers hating mathematics throughout middle and high school. Short didn’t understand math and thought she never would. That uncertainty and anxiety seeped into her confidence, making ...

Corequisite educational models are tied to higher pass and completion rates for students compared to remedial education, but ensuring learners are passing college-level courses often requires ...

Many of Connecticut’s community college students struggle to persist and complete their studies, and remedial courses are one of the first and most substantial obstacles they face. This is a problem ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Two years ago, Jennifer Hughes was 45 and supporting four ...

On a sunny morning in Salem, community college math instructor Keith Schloeman wanders through a quiet classroom, checking on small groups of students reviewing what he’s taught them about probability ...

January 29, 2026 - In 1985, Merryl Goldberg went to the Soviet Union and met The Phantom Orchestra. To help them she made up a secret code, hidden in sheet music. However, it could be argued that ...

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 ...

During the 2020–21 academic year, only 12 percent of students attending a public institution in Louisiana who attempted to complete a credit-bearing English class passed. This past fall, success rates ...

The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities board of regents voted Thursday to approve a program aimed at helping community college students complete courses necessary to their progress in the ...