Two other sites of interest:  National College Transition, network,
http://www.collegetransition.org/, and an accompanying site, College
Planning for Adults,
http://www.collegeforadults.org/

Janet Isserlis


From: Sheryl Fiaux <sherryfiaux at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: The Family Literacy Discussion List <familyliteracy at nifl.gov>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 10:42:08 -0700 (PDT)
To: The Family Literacy Discussion List <familyliteracy at nifl.gov>
Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 347] Re: Community College Remediation Education

My students who are interested in pursuing a higher education usually like
the remedial college courses.  I teach ESOL, so I think it is a smaller step
and gives them the confidence to begin taking college courses.

Gail Price <gprice at famlit.org> wrote:

>   

> The following article appeared in the September 8 PEN Weekly Newsblast. The

> figures are pretty impressive.

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> Are those of you who work in adult education seeing an increase in the number

> of students who have high school diplomas, but want to build skills to avoid

> paying for college remedial classes? Are your adult education programs

> offering any special classes or services to these students to help prepare

> them to be successful in college?

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>   

> PAYING DOUBLE

>   

> According to "Paying Double: Inadequate High Schools and Community College

> Remediation," a new issue brief from the Alliance for Excellent Education, the

> United States spends over $1.4 billion each year to provide community college

> remediation education for recent high school graduates who did not acquire the

> basic skills necessary to succeed in college or at work. The brief, which was

> produced with support from MetLife Foundation, also finds that the nation

> loses almost $2.3 billion annually in wages as a result of the significantly

> reduced earnings potential of students whose need for remedial reading make

> them more likely to drop out of college without a degree. Therefore, by

> increasing the number of students graduating from high school prepared to

> succeed in college, an additional $3.7 billion annually would flow into the

> nation¹s economy. The brief offers no simple solutions but does point out that

> improving the nation¹s high schools could certainly reduce the number of

> students who need remediation in college. It points to "weak curricula, vague

> standards, and lack of alignment between high school content and the

> expectations of colleges and employers" as reasons for the need for

> remediation. It adds that students who take a rigorous high school curriculum

> are less likely to need remedial courses than students whose course load is

> less demanding. Finally, it suggests that statewide performance standards for

> college admission would enable educators to assess student progress toward

> readiness for college. To view the complete issue brief, which includes a

> breakdown of state-by-state costs, visit:

>   

> http://www.all4ed.org/publications/remediation.pdf

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> Gail J. Price

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