News Regarding Higher Ed

Excerpt Published From New Book “Pathways to Reform”

Education Next has published an excerpt from the intro to my new book, Pathways to Reform:  Credits and Conflict at The City University of New York (Princeton University Press).  The excerpt is at: http://bit.ly/2h1kjiF.  For further info on the book, see the “New Book…” tab on this website’s home page.

We Know What to Do—Why Aren’t We Doing it? The Example of Remedial Mathematics

My new article published in The Evolllution:  http://bit.ly/2rUI1wJ

New Article

On why all faculty, not just math faculty, should care about what is going on with traditional remedial math: http://bit.ly/2pOkT6Q

#1 Most Read Paper

The Managing Editor of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis has announced that Logue, Watanabe-Rose, & Douglas’s paper, on a randomized controlled trial of a successful alternative to math remediation, was the #1 most read paper in EEPA for 2016.  The paper is at:  http://bit.ly/2mKv9Y4

New Article and Podcast

Concerning our work on a successful alternative to math remediation published in Education Next:  http://educationnext.org/reforming-remediation-college-students-mainstreamed-success-cuny/

News About Math Remediation

List of Articles and Other Media Coverage About:

Logue, A. W., Watanabe-Rose, M., and Douglas, D. (2016).  Should students assessed as needing remedial mathematics take college-level quantitative courses instead?  A randomized controlled trial.  Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 38, 578-598.  PDF available at: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.3102/0162373716649056 .  Open access version available at: http://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1263&context=gc_pubs

• American Educational Research Association (AERA). (2016, June 22). Study: Should first-year college students assessed as needing remedial math take college-level quantitative… Video. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwcYIzbvuGo&feature=youtu.be

• American Educational Research Association (AERA). (2016, June 23). Should first-year college students assessed as needing remedial math take college-level quantitative courses instead? Press release. Retrieved from http://www.aera.net/Newsroom/News-Releases-and-Statements/Should-First-Year-College-Students-Assessed-as-Needing-Remedial-Math-Take-College-Level-Quantitative-Courses-Instead

• Anderson, N. (2016, June 23). Study casts doubt on value of remedial math for college. The Washington Post. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/06/23/study-casts-doubt-on-value-of-remedial-math-for-college/

• Austin, N. (2016, September 13). Sections tackle going to college, mixing in the arts. The Modesto Bee. Retrieved from http://www.modbee.com/news/local/education/nan-austin/article101633147.html

• College students placed in remedial algebra have better outcomes in college stats classes. (2016, June 25). CUNY. The Daily Brief. Retrieved from http://www1.cuny.edu/portal_ur/news/in_news/2016/June_23_2016.pdf

• Gelman, A. (2016, December 30). Statistical modeling, causal inference, and social science. Blog. Retrieved from http://andrewgelman.com/

• Logue, A. W. (2016, July 1). Should college students assessed as needing remedial algebra take college-level statistics instead? Evolllution. Retrieved from http://evolllution.com/attracting-students/retention/should-college-students-assessed-as-needing-remedial-algebra-take-college-level-statistics-instead/

• Logue, A. W., Watanabe-Rose, M., & Douglas, D. (2017, Spring). Reforming remediation. Education Next, 17(2).  Along with accompanying podcast.  Retrieved from http://educationnext.org/reforming-remediation-college-students-mainstreamed-success-cuny/

• New CUNY study explores mainstreaming as path to success for students in need of remedial math instruction. (2016, June 23). CUNY Academic News. Retrieved from http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/academic-news/2016/06/23/new-cuny-study-explores-mainstreaming-as-path-to-success-for-students-in-need-of-remedial-math-instruction/

• Ross, J. (2016, June 29). Tough love for maths strugglers: throw them in at the deep end. The Australian. Retrieved from http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/tough-love-for-maths-strugglers-throw-them-in-at-the-deep-end/news-story/827f7fe359b95a015dd42c496d8ad8b2

• Sage and AERA. (2016, December 30). Access this year’s most-read AERA articles. Retrieved from http://info.sagepub.com/p/14OHi

• Should college students assessed as needing remedial algebra take college-level statistics instead? (2016, July 5). Daily Lumina News. Retrieved from https://www.luminafoundation.org/newsblasts/2016-07-05

• Should first-year college students assessed as needing remedial math take college-level quantitative courses instead?  (2016, June).  Science Daily.  Retrieved from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160624105218.htm

• Smith, A. A. (2016, June 23). Mainstreaming remedial math. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved from https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/06/23/college-students-placed-remedial-algebra-have-better-outcomes-college-stats-classes

• Stratford, M. (2016, June 23). Rethinking college remediation. Politico’s Morning Education.

• What we are reading. (2016, June/July). Higher Ed in Brief: Higher Education at the Charles A. Dana Center.