Too many high school graduates are not academically prepared for the rigors of college-level work. The need for remedial education in college has a negative cost to students, higher education institutions, taxpayers, and the economy. This paper examines the numbers and costs related to remedial education.
Higher Education
A Double “Return” on Education
From across the political spectrum, voters rural and urban and suburban, everyone I talk to has a theory about what has gone so wrong with American education. From cellphones to laptops, the culture wars and the pandemic, teacher pay and teacher burnout, weak discipline and bad curriculum to collapsing standards, there are no shortage of...
October 2, 2026