News Regarding Higher Ed

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.