One in four students have to enroll in remedial classes their first year of college, costing their families nearly $1.5 billion, according to a study released Wednesday by Education Reform Now, a think tank. Colleges often require students with weak academic records to take courses to help them catch up to the rest of their classmates, but those remedial classes don’t count toward a degree. Not only do students have to pay for remediation, they can end up paying more in tuition and fees because those courses often delay them from graduating on time. This expensive solution to sub-par K-12 education exacerbates the problem of college affordability.

April 6, 2016 ・ From The Washington Post