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.

A San Diego area community college that moved early to eliminate remedial math courses is drawing lots of attention across the state for success in teaching math. Not only are students at Cuyamaca ...

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For community-college students, math can be a dream-killer. They may be required to repeat classes they don’t need. Or they may need a different approach to the subject. Statewide, about 40% of all ...

The United States has a math problem, and, like most middle school students sitting down with their homework, we are not finding any easy solutions. Young people in this country are struggling to ...

The value of developmental math courses has come into question in recent years, spurred by national data that few students who enroll in these courses will earn college credit or a degree in the ...

It should come as no surprise to anyone that to succeed in a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) field, one needs a solid foundation in mathematics. When my sons entered college, even ...

Math is a notorious stumbling block that trips up students seeking college degrees. Every year, tens of thousands of young people fail to graduate because they can’t earn enough math credits. To help ...

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 ...

Congratulations! You’ve been accepted into college, you’re narrowing down your interests to select a major, and you might be starting to think about what classes you’ll take. At many colleges, you ...

Today’s lesson is how to add mixed numbers: 6 2 / 13 + 8 7 / 26. “Is anyone still having difficulty finding the least common denominator?” the instructor, Robert Fusco, asks. One student raises her ...

Rogelio Perez has long struggled with math. Had he entered California State University last year, his C grades and low standardized test scores would have steered him into a non-credit remedial math ...