31. In the Ivy League, the official line is that there are no remedial courses or underprepared students, but these institutions typically provide help in different guises. 32. In the pilot episode Daria tests positive for low self-esteem at school and has to take a remedial course in loving herself. 33. In the last weeks, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has demanded that the City University system drastically reduce its remedial courses, the inevitable result of open admissions. 34. It also shows that nearly two-thirds of the state college freshmen from Randolph and Hull needed remedial courses. 35. It also says that City University should continue to offer remedial courses, so long as the need exists. 36. Looming city and state budget cuts led to plans for tuition increases and changes to admissions policies for those who require remedial courses and English as a second language. 37. Math is the most common remedial course, followed closely by writing and reading. 38. Ms. Amorini invited all graduates who had taken at least one remedial course to stand. 39. Next year, CUNY will limit the number of remedial courses students at the four-year colleges can take. 40. Not every student who needs remedial courses is able to obtain them, he said, but the majority do. |