Scholar: Senate Remedial Ed Plan Intervenes Too Late

RALEIGH — A Senate-passed bill aimed at reducing the need for remedial education courses at community colleges would intervene too late in a high school student’s career to have a broad impact on college performance, says a scholar based at Appalachian State University who focuses on student development. Under Senate Bill 561, high-school seniors would use a curriculum developed by the colleges while letting them do their catch-up work at their high schools.