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 ...

Three years after 1,724 students sat for placement exam only 76 students earned an associate's degree Colleges fear standardized placement tests correlate more closely with race, class and income ...

STATE education officials have some good news to share: Fewer Washington college students are taking remedial classes to review what they were supposed to learn in high school before tackling college ...

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Nearly half of all New York City public school graduates who head to local community colleges are forced into remedial classes to survive their first semester, troubling new data obtained by The Post ...

February 19, 2026 - Arizona State University wants Cal Grants for its California-based students, but California officials say its not eligible. A large number of California’s community college ...

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 ...

Stephanie Weiner teaches a City Colleges English-language class to about 15 Hispanic students in the Wicker Park neighborhood. Her first classroom was the basement of the New Tiberia Baptist Church.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Cal State plans to drop placement exams in math and English as well as the noncredit remedial courses that more than 25,000 freshmen have been required to take each fall — a radical move away from the ...