Education

In 2001, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported on the problem of high school graduates needing remedial courses in college.

"The Ohio Board of Regents reported that 28 percent of students at four-year colleges and 55 percent of students at community colleges enrolled in math or English refresher courses to bring their skills up to acceptable standards.
        In all, 36 percent of the freshmen in 2000 enrolled in remedial math or English classes.
        “It's clear that we as a state need to better educate Ohioans,” said Chancellor Roderick Chu. “Parents need to demand a college-prep curriculum for their children.”"

So in 2001, government understood the problem and intended to fix it. In 2012, the DDN reported how well the government did.

"Ohio colleges and universities spent $146 million on remediation in 2010. That year, 41 percent of students who graduated from a public high school in Ohio and went to a public college in the state needed at least one remedial class, according to the Ohio Board of Regents.
“We need to fix that. We want to make sure that that number goes down radically,” said Brett Visger, deputy chancellor at the Ohio Board of Regents. “People don’t go to college to enroll in remedial courses. Remediation is a speed bump.”"

It got worse.

"Research has shown that students who begin their college career in those preparatory classes are far less likely to ever graduate."

Well, duh. College isn't for everybody. It's not for dumb people. This 2012 DDN article says the number was 42 percent. 2014 article claims the current number is 40 percent.

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