Posts published on October 27, 2010

College Remediation Success Depends Partly On Where Students Enter Course Sequence

The outcomes of community college students largely depend on where they enter remedial course sequences, according to a study of California’s two-year institutions. Remedial students were more apt to earn a credential or transfer to a four-year institution if they did the following: enrolled full time, began the remedial sequence during their first year, passed the initial remedial course on the first attempt, enrolled in a remedial sequence continuously, and had fewer course levels to get through between their starting point and the college level. See ECS’ Getting Past Go project on remediation

Europe Has A Different Strategy For Postsecondary Career and Technical Education

Learning for Jobs, Not “College for All”: How European Countries Think about Preparing Young People for Productive Citizenship
by Nancy Hoffman, Jobs For The Future , Boston, MA. 
Most countries that have low youth unemployment and transition young people quickly and successfully into a wide range of careers that meet labor market needs and have decent salaries do not have “college for all” policies as in the USA. Instead, they head most young people into career and technical education with the option of moving into postsecondary professional education. They do so using a mix of work and schooling in a liberal arts context.