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The New California System Of Remediation Of College Students, Linda Serra Hagedorn
The New California System Of Remediation Of College Students, Linda Serra Hagedorn
Linda Serra Hagedorn
The higher education news is full of stories about New York's latest decision to phase-out remedial education at 9 of the 11 City University of New York (CUNY System) campuses. Remedial education will be the responsibility of the already overworked New York State community college system.
Although this decision is being heralded as drastic it apparently has escaped many that California has already adopted a similar plan. California has a somewhat unique system of postsecondary institutions. Basically there are three layers of institutions each with a different mission and culture. At the top of the hierarchy of prestige is the …