A stunning 77.6 percent of NYC public-high-school graduates who entered CUNY community colleges as freshmen last fall needed remediation in math, reading or writing, new data show. Despite their ...
When my family and I lived in Rockland County, we had friends whose daughter almost didn’t graduate from college because her math skills were so poor. After a bit of sleuthing, she cobbled together a ...
The Daily News reports on a disturbing CUNY report: "During their first math class at one of CUNY's four-year colleges, 90% of 200 students tested couldn't solve a simple algebra problem...Only a ...
A growing number of states have begun to require community colleges to allow more students with academic deficiencies to skip remediation and enroll directly in college-level courses. New research ...
Graduation rates are up at city high schools, but that doesn't mean students can do even basic algebra. A report from City University of New York found that a staggering 90% of 200 students tested ...
New York, NY (March 23, 2022) – Dennis Parnell Sullivan, Albert Einstein Chair in Science and Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at the City University of New York Graduate Center and ...