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Kallison, James M., Jr.; Stader, David L. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
An alarmingly high percentage of recent high school graduates are not prepared to succeed in college-level courses, and the impact of this educational shortcoming is substantial. Underprepared college students incur a monetary cost of enrolling in remedial courses, and states and taxpayers subsidize much of the overall cost of developmental…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Community Colleges, Bus Transportation, Achievement Gains
Ash, Katie – Education Week, 2008
This article reports that with fuel prices soaring nationwide, reaching more than $4 for each gallon of gas or diesel, school districts are struggling to supplement transportation-budget shortfalls and find ways to offset the increasing costs as a new school year approaches. Now districts--most of whose buses run on diesel fuel--are scrambling to…
Descriptors: Fuels, Costs, Bus Transportation, School Buses