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60% of students entering community college require at least one remedial course. Only 36% of these students finish these courses and associated college-level coursework in two years time. While the number of students enrolling in undergraduate degree programs has increased 34 percent from 2000 to 2009, the number of those students who are unprepared for college has increased proportionately and is staggeringly high. Fully 60% of students entering community college require at least one remedial course. Remediation is expensive—students taking these courses pay full tuition, yet may receive no college credit. Worse yet, according to Remediation: Higher Education’s Bridge to Nowhere published by Complete College America only 36% of students in remedial courses finish those courses and associated college-level coursework in two years time. Ms. Mazer’s report highlights research studies specifically focusing on the efficacy of online tutoring in higher education settings. The studies cited determined that students studied achieved improved content knowledge, had better attitudes about seeking help, higher retention rates, and also preferred virtual tutoring over face-to-face interactions.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/6/prweb9574384.htm
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