<< How about this:
Premise - Students who graduate from high school should not have to take
developmental courses. They should be prepared for freshman college work.
(Especially the level of freshman work offered at open door community
colleges. I'm not talking about Calculus; I'm talking about College Algebra.)
Premise - Schools who certify a student as being ready for freshman college
courses should be held accountable, as much as is possible.
Action: Developmental courses should be taught and all students who take
them should pay out-of-state tuition. Any student who graduated from a
public high school in the state that he or she is attending college will
have all developmental course tuition paid for by the school system who
granted the diploma. Students who graduated out-of-state, in-state at a
private high school, or through home schooling would have to pay the tuition
themselves. No financial aid may be used to pay for developmental
coursework.
>>
Whoo!! Yeah!!! Bravo!!!!!!! Whoooya!!!! 8-)
It is completely true now that a high school diploma doesn't mean much. I
know some high school teachers who say they are not allowed to fail a student
(ie and hold them back).
AND,for the majority of progress reports that I have to fill out for financial
aid students, I have to write that the students is getting a D or worse and
needs tutoring (that the school will pay for too)!
Karen
Orange Coast College
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