Kids are arriving on college campuses with fewer skills. But, rather than challenge students, many colleges are lowering ...

Remedial classes are required of college students who fail to meet academic standards set by placement testing. Although the courses are intended to help students prepare for college-level work, they ...

Paul Medina struggled with remedial math in community college, but ultimately passed a college-level course with intense help from a tutor. Despite a state law that requires community colleges to ...

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 ...

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," ...

Community colleges are increasingly concerned about the large number of students who require remedial education and never make it into college-level classes. And a new study confirms what some have ...

In 2017, when Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, D-Thousand Oaks, introduced Assembly Bill 705 — a bill insisting colleges allow students access to transfer-level classes unless they are deemed highly ...

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 ...

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. This story was edited at 5:18 p.m. to clarify that remedial courses are considered ...

Change in state policy won’t affect Miami’s regional campuses. Branch campuses will continue to offer remedial classes under a new state plan to end subsidies for developmental courses at most ...

The proportion of Arkansas public college students needing remedial courses is back up to where it was when schools began being able to more flexibly change their remediation policies, according to a ...