Mathematics continues to pose formidable challenges to college students of all ages and backgrounds. It remains vital that we use achievable and proven routes to prepare both new and nontraditional ...

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 ...

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When Alexandra Logue served as the chief academic officer of the City University of New York (CUNY) from 2008 to 2014, she discovered that her 25-college system was spending over $20 million a year on ...

With an eye to increasing graduation rates, the California State University is adopting far-reaching strategies to help students overcome obstacles posed by remedial classes in math and English. The ...

Many students placed in remedial college math courses do not graduate. Ohio colleges are using co-requisite courses to improve math preparedness and completion rates. Co-requisite courses allow ...

There is a crisis in our traditional remedial mathematics education. Many, likely most, math faculty members have already heard much about this crisis. But many faculty members outside math ...

UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...