The overwhelming culprit: math. For many colleges, the difference between the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 academic years wasn't much in terms of the percentage of students passing their remedial courses, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

San DiegoSan Diego — Tens of thousands of California community college students will be able to bypass remedial courses and possibly graduate earlier under a new law that calls for schools to follow ...

The California State University last week made a significant leap forward in tackling the obstacle course of remedial classes that many students never navigate successfully. CSU announced that it will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paul Medina struggled with remedial math in community college, but ultimately passed a college-level course with intense help from ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The percentage of high school graduates entering college classrooms who need more work on basic subjects like English and math, dipped slightly for the ...

Nearly half of California college students have to revisit some high school material during their freshman year. The Center for American Progress estimates it costs them more than $200 million dollars ...

The California State University system has decided to end its current remedial classes, but what will that mean for students and the value of a college degree? CSU Chancellor Timothy White issued an ...

Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill to change the way students are placed in remedial courses at all 114 of California’s community colleges. The measure, called the Community College Placement ...

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 ...

In 2017, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 2223 mandating that all higher education institutions develop and implement corequisite courses for developmental education. According to the Dana ...