The role of remediation in higher education has generated much debate over the last two
decades. While states have enacted policies that reduced or eliminated postsecondary …

Over the past 20 years, increasing numbers of students have entered and returned to
college underprepared for college-level coursework (Strong American Schools, 2008) …

This book explores the many ways in which the obsession with “being smart” distorts the life
of a typical college or university, and how this obsession leads to a higher education that …

The education of the “remedial” student is the most important educational problem in
America today, more important than educational funding, affirmative action, vouchers, merit …

particular, banned racial redress as a permissible purpose of affirmative action, defended
campus diversity as a state interest, and elevated Harvard admissions practices as the …

Policy discourse analysis (PDA) draws from critical and poststructural theories to provide
researchers with an approach to identifying dominant discourses shaping policy problems …

This study explores the extent to which students in a community college remedial English as
a second language (ESL) course engaged with a class wiki and the relationship between …

Researchers, policymakers, and administrations have shown great concern over the efficacy
of college remediation, which has prompted some states to eliminate remedial programs …

In addition to the monetary benefits resulting from postsecondary attainment, research has
also shown non-monetary benefits, such as better health and lower rates of government …

The problem that colleges and universities continue to have is retaining African American
male students. It is imperative to understand how remedial programs influence college …