September 24, 1999

Why One College Jettisoned All Its Remedial Courses

By LOIS CRONHOLM

A recent report by a commission to study the City University of New York has reignited the debate over the role and value of remediation in higher education. Among other recommendations, the report urged CUNY to limit remedial education exclusively to its two-year colleges, backing a policy that had already been adopted by the Board of Trustees and that will begin to take effect in January.

Yet, well before Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's commission issued the

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