Remedial studies ending
The Cal State University board of trustees
announced that 79 percent of the 19,237 students needing remedial education
last year are now up to par.
Administrations at all CSU have been struggling
with the need for remedial education for several years and now they have
the upper hand.
Students needing remedial education do
not belong in universities. There is a reason we have junior and community
colleges. And now CSU officials are starting to realize that.
The Associated Press reported that about
7 percent of students who did not meet proficiency standards were asked
to leave their universities.
It is about time Chancellor Charles B.
Reed and the trustees took a hard-nose approach to eliminating the need
for remedial courses.
Remedial students add to the already over-crowded
campuses and take an extra year or two to graduate.
To see that so many students were able
to meet university requirements within the first year is a glimmer of hope
for the choking campuses. But more needs to be done.
State Superintendent of Public Education
Delaine Eastin emphasized that the CSUs need to continue to produce new
teachers in order to improve the quality of education, according to the
Long Beach Press Telegram.
But if universities are over-crowded, future
teachers will not be able to get out into the real world.
That is another reason to eliminate remedial
classes at universities. |
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