Before that I taught math in SE Idaho. Many of the programs in the local community college required students to pass College Algebra 143. Their failure rate, in that class, was over 50%. The math in ...

Math is a giant hurdle for most community college students pursuing welding and other career and technical degrees. About a dozen years ago, Linn-Benton’s administrators looked at their data and ...

EDUCATION College students are struggling with basic math, many stuck at 9th grade level; professors blame the pandemic Colleges are largely blaming the disruptions of the pandemic, which have ...

College can be thrilling, demanding, and unpredictable. The need for mathematics is one item that always surprises pupils. Many others share your question about the math courses needed in college.

College algebra, listed as a freshman-level math requirement at most major universities, is designed to prepare students for calculus. But only about 20% of majors require higher-level math.

The days of nearly every college student in Kansas needing to take college algebra are numbered. The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved a plan that directs the University of Kansas and ...

Many students placed in remedial college math courses do not graduate. Ohio colleges are using co-requisite courses to improve math preparedness and completion rates. Co-requisite courses allow ...

UNG students that have earned a grade other than a W in a college math course, you are not qualified to take an eligibility exam. Placement Eligibility. For math 1113, you must score 263 or higher (on ...

Linn-Benton Community College is finding ways to teach math in more applied ways, so that students can pick up those skills and get into the workplace. It’s 7:15 on a cold gray Monday morning in ...