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 ...

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April 9, 2026 - Some students are attracted to the small student population, the accessible rent prices and the research opportunities at UC Merced. However, it could be argued that these studies did ...

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 ...

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 ...

A “bridge to nowhere,” a “bottomless pit,” a “thorn in the side of higher education.” If you’ve been keeping up with the movement to reform—and potentially eliminate—remedial college courses, it would ...

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 ...

Congratulations! You’ve been accepted into college, you’re narrowing down your interests to select a major, and you might be starting to think about what classes you’ll take. At many colleges, you ...

Students concurrently enrolled in CHEM 4 and under the guidance of a trained student leader (PAL leader) work collaboratively through problem sets designed by the CHEM 4 instructor. Pedagogical ...