[Fury]

I am grading tests from my entry level prealgebra class at a local Community college and better than half of the students cannot handle simple fractions!

Agreed. The college I am assigned to has seen a real uptick over the last 5-10 years in students taking remedial courses. This would seem to cast doubt on the touting by K-12 folks that they are readying these students for college, trade schools, etc. The facts are clear, at least within this college - the number of students taking remedial courses is rising.

The good thing is that people will eventually get ticked off enough that more questions will be asked. Parents and students will not be happy when they find out they'll be paying for 3 credit hours for courses of a *remedial* nature. Those costs add up and in some cases, these courses cannot be applied to the degree the student is seeking.

[NormsRevenge]

Bump

[FITZ]

The "university" here has 60% of it's students in remedial classes ---many of whom receive financial aid ---they like the status of saying they attend a university and since they aren't paying themselves, they choose it over the community college that also has remedial classes but at a much less expensive rate.