July 1, 2005

Remedial Courses Help College Students Complete Degrees, Study Finds

By DAVID GLENN

Remedial courses appear to improve poorly prepared college students' odds of eventually completing a degree, two economists reported in a working paper distributed in June.

The new study, which draws on data for more than 28,000 students who entered public colleges and universities in Ohio in 1998, arrives at a time when some state governments and university systems are debating the cost-effectiveness of remedial programs. The Nevada Board of Regents, for example, recently adopted a

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