Unless they’re headed for a career in math or science, college students may be better off without taking college algebra, according to a new study from the Missouri Department of Higher Education.

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A new report from UCSD demonstrates the alarming lack of preparation among incoming freshmen for college-level math courses.

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It should come as no surprise to anyone that to succeed in a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) field, one needs a solid foundation in mathematics. When my sons entered college, even ...

Some administrators are considering ending algebra requirements for some college degrees. College algebra is a requirement at most universities, but one in three college students fails the course. The ...

A growing number of states have begun to require community colleges to allow more students with academic deficiencies to skip remediation and enroll directly in college-level courses. New research ...

The next civil rights court battle for California higher education may be about algebra. California State University is finalizing new system-wide math policies as part of an initiative to increase ...

The drive to get every student to take so-called college gateway courses has succeeded, a new federal study finds, but students taking Algebra 1 and Geometry classes are getting considerably less ...

A new study shows college women are struggling more than their male counterparts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.   The research, one of the first comparing how COVID-19 affected female and ...

New research on a Chicago policy that requires some 9th graders to double up on algebra instruction identifies “positive and substantial” longer-run benefits for participants, including improvements ...