The Huffington Post – Tom Snyder
“According to the report, “Remediation: Higher Education’s Bridge to Nowhere,” fifty-one percent of all applicants to community colleges are required to take remedial courses so they are prepared for college-level work…This is a problem faced by many community colleges. The nationwide cost of this remedial instruction is estimated at $4 billion a year. Students must use the money they receive from Pell Grants or other sources of financial aid to pay for remedial courses. The courses don’t count toward a degree. What almost inevitably happens is that these students become discouraged and drop out of school. We need to solve this problem…”(more)