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 ...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) -- Each year, an estimated 1.7 million U.S. college students are steered to remedial classes to catch them up and prepare them for regular coursework. But a growing body of ...

Studying the effects of remedial education is a little like studying the effects of heart surgery. Simply comparing the fates of those who underwent it with those who did not yields terribly ...

As political leaders push the idea that the road to a middle-class job is paved through post-secondary education, many more students are finding their way to community colleges. Problem is, many are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. College remediation has earned a bad reputation over the past few years. Hopeful students spend billions of dollars annually to ...