3 New Studies Question the Value of Remedial College Courses

Studying the effects of remedial education is a little like studying the effects of heart surgery. Simply comparing the fates of those who underwent it with those who did not yields terribly misleading results. After all, one group generally starts out in much worse shape.

Three new studies of the effects of remedial programs seek to overcome this conundrum by limiting themselves to students who entered college with similar levels of academic preparation — just enough to be

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