Colleges are working to improve remedial education -- and have found success in doing so -- but have yet to introduce promising reforms at a large scale, finds new report. Remediation can be a barrier ...

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 ...

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 Mondays and Wednesdays, Allison Massey attends a freshman English class at Motlow State Community College’s campus near Lynchburg, Tenn. On alternating days, her “learning support” instructor helps ...

Several other states that have replaced prerequisite classes with a ‘corequisite’ learning model in community colleges have shown higher rates of student success. Clatsop Community College is one of ...

Changes around the country in developmental education are allowing hundreds of thousands of students to bypass remedial classes and jump right into college-level work. Still, significant challenges ...

A new report released today by Complete College America (CCA) highlights the impressive success of an alternative to traditional remedial education being used by the University System of Georgia (USG) ...

Community colleges serve a diverse population of learners, many of whom arrive with gaps in foundational literacy, numeracy and study skills. Developmental education strategies aim to bridge these ...