Beyond its building boom, perhaps the most notable developments at Jackson Community College this decade has been its push to make sure incoming students are ready to learn. As we saw last week, that ...

In an effort to help disadvantaged students through college, both public schools and state officials have identified what may seem an unlikely bogeyman: the courses designed to help struggling ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. As students ...

In 2017, when Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, D-Thousand Oaks, introduced Assembly Bill 705 — a bill insisting colleges allow students access to transfer-level classes unless they are deemed highly ...

Florida's new experiment with academically weak college students, who for years were required to take remedial non-credit courses before enrolling in the real thing, is off and running but where it's ...

Legislation that would limit the ability of community colleges to enroll students in remedial classes passed the Senate on Thursday and now heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. Assembly Bill 1705 builds ...

When classes were forced online amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Pam MacDonald had to scramble along with her students to find a decent internet connection in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains.

South Bend, Ind. - About 70 percent of first-time students at Ivy Tech Community College campuses are required to take remedial classes before they can enroll for college credit. The need for remedial ...

Nearly two-thirds of 2004's graduating high school seniors now enrolled in Houston-area community colleges are taking remedial classes because they weren't prepared for college. Sixteen local school ...

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