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Park, Toby; Woods, Chenoa S.; Richard, Keith; Tandberg, David; Hu, Shouping; Bertrand Jones, Tamara – Innovative Higher Education, 2016
Historically, college students needing additional academic preparation have been assigned to developmental/remedial courses. In 2013 Florida took a drastic departure from this model by passing Senate Bill 1720, which prohibited institutions from requiring placement tests and made developmental education optional for many students, regardless of…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Course Selection (Students), Decision Making, College Students
Southhard, Margarida; Collier, Sylvia – 1997
A study was conducted to determine the extent to which high school graduates from Florida's Leon County needed remediation to enter college-level mathematics, reading, and writing courses. Records were examined for 2,705 high school graduates from 1992 to 1996 who were first-time college students in a Florida public community college or state…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, College Preparation, College Students, Course Selection (Students)