Remedial education

Analysis of 100,000 students in Florida finds they make some progress, but only in limited areas, raising questions about the expenses involved.

Hudson Valley finds that combining and coordinating various student services yields unusually high retention rate.

Many experts say that the United States can only truly see gains in the percentages of adults who have a college degree if colleges and universities get better at teaching students who arrived on campus unprepared for college-level work. But many professors find themselves frustrated by teaching such students -- and many of the students drop out. Kathleen F. Gabriel's new book is designed to help such faculty members and, ultimately, their students.

The problem with remedial education at community colleges may not be the courses, but the sequences -- and how students progress (or never do), study suggests.

Educators argue that challenging underrepresented and remedial students to earn at least two years' worth of college credit and a high school diploma at the same time can improve their outcomes.

Many community college systems around the country are just now discovering the lengths to which some of their students will go to avoid remediation.

Hoping to save developmental programs from chopping block, academics argue that they particularly help African American males get to graduation.

Educators lobby Congress to approve President’s $2.5 billion College Access and Completion Fund, as they compare and contrast varying state efforts that would benefit from federal dollars.

At national gathering of community college trustees, many search for answers -- and some colleges report strategies that may be working.

A new study of community college “gatekeeper” courses – those at the first level of college credit – raises as many questions about remedial education strategies as about the introductory college-level courses.