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There is a movement in many
parts of the country to make colleges less accessible to students judged in
need of remediation or not otherwise adequately prepared for college. Are our high schools falling
down on the job? Are colleges right to pick up the slack? What's the
solution? For some ideas and information,
consult the following sites: Graduation,
college preparation, and college application rates of high school students,
by selected school characteristics: 1993-94. From The Digest of Education
Statistics 1996 School
Reform: A Student Guarantee-Ready For College Or Work. From Florida
School-to-Work On-Line, Sept. 1998. Open
Admissions and Remediation at the City University of New York Mayor
Giuliani's Task Force's report on the policy of open admissions
at CUNY. Essentially argues that remedial subjects should not be taught
at the college level.
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