A recent article (“The End of the Remedial Course,” The Chronicle, February 18) and essay (“Replacing Remedial Courses? Be Careful,” The Chronicle, February 18) report some misconceptions about ...

At a Board of Regents meeting Wednesday, Tristan Denley, Louisiana’s deputy commissioner of academic affairs and innovation, shared an encouraging statistic: Course completion for entry-level math has ...

Keith Schloeman was at a conference for community college math instructors five years ago when he first heard about corequisite courses. At the time the courses were still evolving as an approach to ...

Julia Short remembers hating mathematics throughout middle and high school. Short didn’t understand math and thought she never would. That uncertainty and anxiety seeped into her confidence, making ...

This story was produced in partnership with Open Campus, a nonprofit news organization that partners with local newsrooms to deliver expert coverage of higher education. Alyssa Pfeifer always ...

On a sunny morning in Salem, community college math instructor Keith Schloeman wanders through a quiet classroom, checking on small groups of students reviewing what he’s taught them about probability ...

April 30, 2026 - Students at college campuses across California recover hundreds of pounds of unserved food from dining halls to serve to their hungry classmates. Before Aida Tseggai could major in ...

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Many of Connecticut’s community college students struggle to persist and complete their studies, and remedial courses are one of the first and most substantial obstacles they face. This is a problem ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Two years ago, Jennifer Hughes was 45 and supporting four ...