Transforming Remedial Education

Inside Higher Ed

Crash Course for Remediation

December 13, 2012 - 3:00am

 

Paul Fain

 

“Recent research is making clear that if our goal is for students to enter and move through programs of study that lead to completion of a credential, remedial education as it is currently practiced simply cannot get us there,” the group said in a statement, which was jointly written with the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the Education Commission of the States and Jobs for the Future.

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Core Principles for Transforming Remedial Education: A Joint Statement

December 2012

 

Chareles A. Dana Center

Complete College America, Inc.

Education Commission of the States

Jobs for the Future

 

Core Principles

1. Completion of a set of gateway courses for a program of study is a critical measure of success toward college completion.
2. The content in required gateway courses should align with a student’s academic program of study -- particularly in math.
3. Enrollment in a gateway college-level course should be the default placement for many more students.
4. Additional academic support should be integrated with gateway college-level course content -- as a co-requisite, not a prerequisite.
5. Students who are significantly underprepared for college-level academic work need accelerated routes into programs of study.
6. Multiple measures should be used to provide guidance in the placement of students in gateway courses and programs of study.
7. Students should enter a meta-major when they enroll in college and start a program of study in their first year, in order to maximize their prospects of earning a college degree.

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