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.

For decades, pre-college math in community college has taken a single approach: high school math, v. 2. Students enroll in college and take an exam. They are either ready for pre-calculus or they have ...

Keith Perkins, foreground, works through an algorithm for calculating ladder rung spacing in Linn-Benton Community College’s math for welders class. Credit: Jan Sonnenmair for The Hechinger Report The ...

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 ...

Rogelio Perez has long struggled with math. Had he entered California State University last year, his C grades and low standardized test scores would have steered him into a non-credit remedial math ...

Let's start with a little word problem. Sixty percent of the nation's 12.8 million community college students are required to take at least one course in subject X. Eighty percent of that 60 percent ...

Are high school students getting the preparation they need for college math? The question, long a focus of study in K-12 math education and policy, is now the subject of a Senate inquiry. Sen. Bill ...

Odyssey Math Tuition launches standalone e-learning courses in September 2025, offering 24/7 access to video lessons, worksheets, quizzes, and progress tracking via proprietary curriculum, supporting ...

February 19, 2026 - Arizona State University wants Cal Grants for its California-based students, but California officials say its not eligible. This story was updated on Aug. 2, 2017. A new policy ...