Show lore than a third of freshman eed remedial help study says CPS- CPS More than a third of college freshman in the South need remedial help to complete level college-level course work a June report on remedial education revealed The findings suggest that colleges need to pay attention to those students' students needs and work harder to meet them said Ansley Abraham the study's author If they're going to admit the students they need to have havethe havethe havethe the programs in place to meet their needs Abraham said In the 15 states served by the Southern Regional Education Education Education tion Board which released the report about of the students in a typical freshman class need academic support in reading writing or mathematics before they enroll in classes that actually offer degree credit The report They Came to College A Remedial Develop mental Profile of Time First-Time Freshmen in States surveyed surveyed surveyed sur sur- remedial programs at public and private colleges and universities in the region The major problem is a lack of preparation at the secondary secondary secondary dary level Abraham said It has a lot to do with students not going into college preparatory curriculum in high school Abraham says that given the large number of remedial students who enter college each year campuses that accept these students might reasonably be expected to prepare their faculties and support staffs to meet the needs of these stu stu- stu- stu dents But that doesn't always happen Even though students who need remedial help must pay the same tuition and must meet the same standards for graduation he says they are rarely accepted as full-fledged full members of the higher education community Colleges he said bring them in just to generate enrollment for a few years Perhaps because they have a better grasp of the situation states that have mandatory testing and placement policies tended to have higher percentages of freshmen in remedial courses the study found That finding mirrors results elsewhere The first time Connecticut required students entering community colleges to take a basic skills test in 1990 it was discovered that four out of five students needed remedial help and half didn't read well enough to do college work |