An interesting article here from Inside Higher Ed that focuses on efforts at the 50-campus Texas community college system to rethink the remedial math pathways that often stymies students.
Officials from all 50 Texas community colleges have endorsed a multi-year project designed to fundamentally change remedial math.
In Texas, students referred to developmental classes are 50 percent less likely than their peers to earn a credential or transfer to a four-year college. Math is often their biggest hurdle, and students are steered into algebra-based remediation regardless of their majors.
Published: Wed, 09 May 2012 06:49:07 +0000 by e.bryant