Remedial course work has long been viewed as a primary barrier to college completion, a black hole from which relatively few students emerge to earn a credential after being placed in the typically ...

Across the country this fall, millions of college students are walking into math classrooms worried about their future — perhaps with good reason. For decades, mathematics — particularly college ...

Many college students struggle with math anxiety, which can slow their progression toward a degree or impact their choice of program of study. Some colleges and universities have sought to decrease ...

Nationally, graduation rates have rebounded from their dips during the height of the pandemic. But high school math proficiency is much lower. That mismatch means schools are likely sending graduates ...

If you ask someone if they are a math or science person, they may quickly tell you yes or no. It turns out that how people answer that question in ninth grade and even earlier not only can tell you ...

Commit to Study is a peer mentoring program dedicated to helping students taking classes in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics to improve their study skills. Commit to Study offers one-on ...

Financial aid is any form of funding that helps a student pay for college, such as a Pell Grant, loan or merit-based ...

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A program started by Metropolitan Community College has improved outcomes for Omaha-area students who struggle with math by catching them up before they get to college, a new study found. A storm that ...

A recent study from the Los Angeles Education Research Institute at UCLA found that students who take math in 12th grade have an increased likelihood of enrolling in and continuing with higher ...

Despite billions in federal aid, students are not making up ground in reading and math: “We are actually seeing evidence of backsliding.” By Sarah Mervosh Despite billions of federal dollars spent to ...

About a dozen first-year UC Berkeley students gathered one afternoon last fall inside a classroom in Evans Hall, where math professor Zvezdelina Stankova held office hours for one of her calculus ...