Re: [MATHEDCC] The demise of developmental courses

Beverly R. Broomell (broomell@IX.NETCOM.COM)
Thu, 15 Jan 1998 20:32:09 -0500

That works for me!

Bev

Beverly R. Broomell
Professor, Mathematics Department
Suffolk County Community College
Selden, NY 11784
http://www.sunysuffolk.edu/~broomeb/

mark snyder wrote:

> Agreed, but I would propose that this be done on a sliding scale, with
> school systems paying the cost as follows:
>
> Average the grade the student got in their last two HS math courses, and
> call that N. Then
>
> N = A, school system pays the whole thing
>
> N = B, school system pays 2/3 of the whole thing
>
> N = C, school system pays 1/3 of the whole thing
>
> N = D or F, student pays the whole thing.
>

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