EDUCATION College students are struggling with basic math, many stuck at 9th grade level; professors blame the pandemic Colleges are largely blaming the disruptions of the pandemic, which have ...

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Let's start with a little word problem. Sixty percent of the nation's 12.8 million community college students are required to take at least one course in subject X. Eighty percent of that 60 ...

If MATH 1111, College Algebra, is required in your major, you must first satisfy your Learning Support Foundations Level Math requirements by either testing up or out of Foundations Level Math through ...

More students are being placed into pre-college math, ... As with other learning setbacks, math issues are most pronounced among Black, Latino, low-income and other vulnerable students, ...

Algebra problems like this one are at the heart of a dispute over the level of math deemed necessary to earn an associate degree or transfer to a four-year college.

He’s nervous about starting Algebra 1. He’s already having a hard time keeping all the numbers and letters straight in his head, and he knows it’s only going to get more complicated from here.

One study showed only 2 percent of Latino students and 1 percent of African-American students in low-level remedial classes passed college math two years after enrolling. Victoria Dominguez: They ...

Math is a giant hurdle for most community college students pursuing welding and other career and technical degrees. About a dozen years ago, Linn-Benton’s administrators looked at their data and ...

The college has seen “significant remediation needs” in math, Dr. Artis said. “We are now two and a half weeks past midterm, and our grades are telling the tale: students are struggling in ...

Math proficiency is critical to jobs in welding and other technical fields, but a huge hurdle for most community college students pursuing career and technical degrees. Some colleges have succeeded in ...