From the ArcaMax Publishing, Back to School Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/backtoschool/s-110184-922737
NEW YORK (UPI) -- Despite having graduated from high school, hundreds
of thousands of students attending the 1,200 U.S. community colleges
are unprepared for college work.
The New York Times Saturday reported that the nation's community
colleges are flooded with aspiring students who require remedial
courses despite having obtained a high school diploma and yet are
admitted to two and four-year programs they are ill-equipped to deal
with.
"You can get into school," said Stanford Professor Michael W. Kirst of
the phenomenon. "That's not a problem. But you can't succeed."
With data from the Pew Charitable Trusts revealing that 75 percent of
all community college graduates struggle with literacy in relation to
tasks such as comparing newspaper editorial comments, many officials
have suggested that changes are required in both U.S. high school and
community college curriculums.
The newspaper said suggestions ranged from engaging students to help
them believe in their own ideas to imposing a K-16 form of education
which would encompass kindergarten through college, and ideally help
students become better prepared for college and life.