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Direct linkBailey, Thomas; Jaggars, Shanna Smith – Century Foundation, 2016
Almost two-thirds of students who enter community colleges every year are judged to be academically not ready to engage in college-level coursework. In order to enroll, these students typically must take one or more "remedial" or "developmental" math or English courses that will not count toward their college degree. The…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, College Readiness, Community Colleges, Remedial Programs
Download full textVirginia State Board for Community Colleges, Richmond. – 1988
In January 1986, the Virginia State Board for Community Colleges and the State Council of Higher Education undertook a joint study of postsecondary remedial education. The purposes of the study were to: (1) define the minimum levels of competence required of a student wishing to do college-level work for degree credit; (2) develop methods and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, College Role, Colleges
