This story was edited at 5:18 p.m. to clarify that remedial courses are considered non-credit when a student transfers to a four-year university. At least one-third of California’s community colleges ...

Despite taxpayers shouldering the cost of remedial courses at public universities, many students required to take such prep courses often leave school without a diploma. As the nation's colleges and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- For the first time, any high school student who receives an ACT test score of at least 18 in English, 21 in reading and 22 in math will not have to take remedial courses in any Ohio ...

February 26, 2026 - At Antioch High School, peer advocates mentor freshmen, meet with students who've been found with alcohol or drugs, and facilitate conflict resolution. The California State ...

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The City University of New York (CUNY) has phased out traditional remedial courses in math and English, replacing them with updated “corequisite” courses to serve students more equitably, the ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The move away from placing predominantly Latino and Black community college students in remedial college classes and instead enrolling them in regular classes is seeing substantial ...

Lurking beneath the good news on annual gains in college-going rates for black and Latinx students from Chicago is a literal black hole that likely will be the place where college and career ...

Marjorie Blen, a first-generation college student, dropped out of Contra Costa College because she couldn’t get through what felt like a never-ending series of remedial courses. She says she was ...