Changing the Delivery of Remediation Education at Colleges: Widening the "Open-Door"

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Many colleges are reconsidering the definition of "open-door" when it comes to student enrollment and remediation courses. While remediation courses are helpful in building up student skills in general education areas such as Reading, Mathematics, and English, some colleges are changing their approach to how remediation education is done. At the 2-year and 4-year level, having an open-door policy means that the college offers a variety of resources to help students build the necessary skills they need in order to be successful in higher level courses.

Not only do these post-secondary institutions offer remediation courses, but they also provide learning labs and additional one-on-one tutoring based on student needs similar to that of universities. In the past, the open-door policies offered by these institutions have always had a controlled, sequenced structured approach, with students being placed in remediation courses based on placement test scores. The new approach to improving how remediation courses are delivered provides colleges with a variety of options based on state recommendations. Several of these options are to:.....  CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING THIS ON EZINEARTICLES.COM

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