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Many students who lacked hands-on, in-person teachings due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and school closures are now struggling with basic math at the college level, according ...

Remedial math and English classes were designed to help students prepare for college-level courses, but research has shown that they actually made it harder for students to finish college. Students ...

(The Center Square) – A new report by the University of California, San Diego found freshmen are nowhere near ready for college math and writing classes. The problem isn’t isolated to new students at ...

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The value of developmental math courses has come into question in recent years, spurred by national data that few students who enroll in these courses will earn college credit or a degree in the ...

Two years after California implemented a law requiring that community colleges "maximize" the chances that new students complete math and English coursework that can be transferred to a four-year ...

The first in his family to attend college, Paul Medina was increasingly frustrated by his inability to get into a college-level math class. Medina first enrolled in remedial courses at East Los ...

A top-rated public university says many of its students can’t round numbers or add fractions.