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The Cost of Remediation
An inadequate high school education can get expensive for students when they need to take remedial courses in college, according to a new report.
Evidence of Remediation Success
Two studies show successful pass rates from Tennessee's first full semester of putting all developmental students in college-level courses.
Opinion
Affirming the Student Success Underground
As institutions seek to advance their student success agendas, they should consider the insights of longtime -- yet often overlooked -- veterans in the field.
Creative Solutions in Florida
A two-year college in Florida makes dramatic gains in developmental education course pass rates, even amid a state-mandated change to remedial education and the addition of performance funding.
Competency for the Traditional-Age Student
Accreditor approves Purdue's new competency-based bachelor's degree, which blends technical disciplines with the humanities and has a customizable approach designed more for a career than a first job.
Graduation Gap Widens
Public colleges are increasing students' overall graduation rates, but a study finds the gap between black and white students continues to widen.
'Confidence Rating' for On-Time Graduation
U of California at San Diego's new early warning system aims to condense millions of data points into a simple metric showing whether students will graduate on time.
Opinion
The Myth of the College-Ready Student
Higher education institutions must abandon a paradigm that allows them to deflect accountability and embrace the burden of being student ready, argues Byron P. White.