College can be thrilling, demanding, and unpredictable. The need for mathematics is one item that always surprises pupils. Many others share your question about the math courses needed in college.

Colleges created remedial education classes to ensure students were sufficiently prepared for more advanced material. But increasingly, there’s a sense that remedial courses are hurting the prospects ...

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Across the country this fall, millions of college students are walking into math classrooms worried about their future — perhaps with good reason. For decades, mathematics — particularly college ...

Diego Fonseca looked at the computer and took a breath. It was his final attempt at the math placement test for his first year of college. His first three tries put him in pre-calculus, a blow for a ...

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A couple of years ago, Kelly Spoon decided to experiment with her assessment practices. A number of instructors in the math department at San Diego Mesa College, where she's a professor, had started ...

College algebra is a shockingly common stumbling block to graduation. About 50 percent of students each year fail to pass college algebra with a grade of “C” or better, according to the Mathematical ...

About seven years ago, some friends who had high school-age children urged me to attend a meeting to discuss our district’s math curriculum, called College Preparatory Math (CPM). Until then I hadn’t ...

Across the country this fall, millions of college students are walking into math classrooms worried about their future — perhaps with good reason. For decades, mathematics — particularly college ...