The purpose of this study was to examine the influencing factors affecting high school students who took a college preparatory curriculum in high school, yet ended up being placed into a remedial mathematics course in college. Remedial students with a college preparatory background are an under-researched group. This study attempts to address this…

A university and a career technical education (CTE) center joined forces to offer dual credit courses. Two institutions worked together to create and implement five different dual credit courses in the areas of physics and mathematics. This paper presents two major findings. First, results of the student's evaluations of their dual credit…

States are increasingly focusing the mission of their elementary and secondary education systems on preparing all students for success in postsecondary education and 21st century careers. As standards have increased, so too have graduation requirements. Today, 20 states and the District of Columbia have adopted such high school graduation…