Community College Week cites LearningWork/PACE Degree of Freedom papers

“The need for reform is clear. Developmental math long has been called the Bermuda Triangle of community colleges: students go in but never come out. More than 60 percent of community college students are placed into at least one developmental math course. In California, home to the country’s largest community college system, the figure is 85 percent. Only 20 percent of students who enter into developmental math complete any college-level course within three years. For students placed into low-level developmental courses, the figures are even worse.”

CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS – COMMUNITY COLLEGE WEEK

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