Fact Sheet Remedial Education in California’s Colleges and Universities By Olga Rodriguez, Jacob Jackson, Marisol Cuellar Mejia Oct 26, 2017
Report Remedial Education Reforms at California’s Community Colleges: Early Evidence on Placement and Curricular Reforms By Olga Rodriguez, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Hans Johnson Aug 15, 2018 California’s community colleges are in the midst of a major transformation of developmental education. Several colleges have been experimenting with placement and curricular reforms for some time. An examination of the efforts of these early implementers can shed light on the potential impact of system-wide reforms on student outcomes.
blog post Reforming Remedial Education in Community College By Olga Rodriguez, Mina Dadgar Oct 5, 2017 Reforming developmental, or remedial, education is essential to improving students’ success in community colleges. The good news is that there is major support for reform.
blog post Equity and Remedial Education at Community Colleges By Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Olga Rodriguez Feb 8, 2017 Remedial education in community colleges—which is intended to help students succeed—may actually be contributing to college achievement and completion gaps.
blog post Video: Remedial Education Reform in Community College By Mary Severance Sep 12, 2018 California community colleges are reforming their remedial placement policies and course offerings.
blog post Video: Reforming Remedial Math in Community College By Linda Strean Oct 30, 2017 Promising reforms in developmental—or remedial—math are underway at California’s community colleges. Some are promising, but there is room for improvement.
Report A New Era of Student Access at California’s Community Colleges By Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Olga Rodriguez, Hans Johnson Nov 18, 2020 A landmark law (AB 705) has helped tens of thousands of community college students complete the courses necessary for transfer to a four-year college. But student outcomes vary across campuses, and more work is needed to ensure equitable access and completion rates—particularly in math.
blog post CSU Ends Remedial Courses By Jacob Jackson Aug 10, 2017 California State University is eliminating remedial classes and will focus on helping students complete college-level work regardless of preparation.
blog post Helping Community College Students Succeed By Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Olga Rodriguez, Hans Johnson Mar 29, 2019 California’s community colleges are moving toward system-wide implementation of concurrent remedial support for students in transfer-level classes. Early evidence suggests that such “co-requisite” support increases course completion.
