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McJunkin, Kyle Stewart – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2005
In recent years, community colleges have increasingly taken on the task of providing remedial education to its students. For policymakers and educators, understanding why remediation is on the increase is a frustrating problem made so by the complexity of the causes behind it. Are students graduating from high school less prepared or are academic…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Remedial Instruction, Language Proficiency, Community Colleges

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