The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: Ohio Joins Other States In Eliminating Funds For College Remedial Courses

June 19, 2012

Ohio Joins Other States In Eliminating Funds For College Remedial Courses

Ohio colleges and universities spent $146 million in 2010 to educate incoming college students who were not ready for entry-level English and math classes. State law is set to change the way remedial courses are offered, with a plan to stop funding those classes at universities by the end of the decade. Ohio joins 21 other states and higher education systems either eliminating funding at the university level for what they call “developmental education”. Read more at:
http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/ohio-universities-wont-offer-remedial-classes-1392325.html

Jun 19, 2012 1:38:00 AM | Funding Issues, Teaching/Learning

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