41.   One compromise being considered in Massachusetts is sending community college faculty to the four-year campuses to teach required remedial courses.

42.   One-third of those entering the four-year colleges take at least one remedial course.

43.   Perkins said she took remedial courses to brush up on her math skills in preparation for taking college algebra.

44.   Remedial courses will be allowed to be taken no more than twice.

45.   Several states, including Virginia and Florida, now publish annual lists of the percent of students from each high school who need remedial courses in state colleges.

46.   She is now in her second semester of remedial courses.

47.   Shunting remedial courses to the community colleges would add one more step to discourage people from pursuing an education, she said.

48.   Some educators have argued that remedial courses are anathema to academic rigor and waste teaching time.

49.   Some students could speed up their education while others could take remedial courses during their scheduled breaks.

50.   Specifically, it looks at the number who enrolled in remedial courses, the number who returned for a second year, and the average number of credits earned.