Tag Archives: remediation

Revisiting the remediation scam

Revisiting the remediation scam

I’ve written before on the remediation scam. The vast majority of classes on campus, at least community college campuses, are remedial, pre-high school coursework (with the high school coursework most of my readers would be familiar with being now regarded as college coursework). I’ve shown many times that 90% of the academic coursework on community […] … learn more→

How to fix remediation at scale

How to fix remediation at scale

At scale, co-requisite remediation has the power to improve students’, especially underrepresented students’, persistence and completion of college degrees. And only states and systems have the tools at their disposal to support that scale. Pikes Peak Community College sits in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, on the outskirts of Colorado Springs, and down the […] … learn more→