- Colleges use a one size fits all approach, piling everyone below a placement exams cut-score into remedial courses, Boylan says. But [Connecticuts] proposed legislation simply replaces one size that is too tight with one that is too loose. (US News and World Report)
- Foxconn agreed to reduce working hours while protecting pay and benefits as remedial measures and the big one - of course the hours of work one - is due to be completed by July 2013. (Reuters)
- For example, she said two- or three-week remedial courses -- for those who have failed a test, or need help in preparing -- will have to be set up for July. That means hiring teachers to teach and do the testing, because most are off in July. (News-Sun)
- He ended the meeting saying Connecticut has long since passed the point where colleges or in one of our four state universities … has to take at least one remedial course, and in some cases multiple remedial courses. (Patch)
- Connecticut is at a fork in the road on education. (Waterbury Republican-American)
- 70 percent of all high school graduates in Connecticut going on to state universities or community colleges will need remedial classes in English and math because they will be ill-prepared to tackle college course work. (Norwich Bulletin)
- According to the Hartford Courant, Connecticut colleges may soon discontinue their remedial courses, which have been found to delay students from graduating. (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Connecticut remedial courses
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