A top-rated public university says many of its students can’t round numbers or add fractions.

College can be thrilling, demanding, and unpredictable. The need for mathematics is one item that always surprises pupils. Many others share your question about the math courses needed in college.

Many students who lacked hands-on, in-person teachings due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and school closures are now struggling with basic math at the college level, according ...

A San Diego area community college that moved early to eliminate remedial math courses is drawing lots of attention across the state for success in teaching math. Not only are students at Cuyamaca ...

Colleges created remedial education classes to ensure students were sufficiently prepared for more advanced material. But increasingly, there’s a sense that remedial courses are hurting the prospects ...

For the first time, Lower Columbia College student Susan Uhlich is enjoying a math class. “I’ve taken other math classes here, but this one is definitely unique,” Uhlich said. “I love it. We use a lot ...

Keith Perkins, foreground, works through an algorithm for calculating ladder rung spacing in Linn-Benton Community College’s math for welders class. Credit: Jan Sonnenmair for The Hechinger Report The ...

In 2017, two blind students in the Los Angeles Community College District filed a lawsuit claiming that they and other blind students weren’t given accessible materials in math classes. The students ...

High school graduation requirements for Kansas students soon may be changing, and the Kansas Board of Regents this week weighed in with a couple of suggestions: More math and more paperwork. But those ...

College remediation is a big, expensive deal. More than two-thirds of students in two-year colleges take a remedial class at some point after enrolling, and about 40 percent of those in four-year ...