[AAACE-NLA] KY Task Force Concerned about Poor Preparation for Postsecondary Ed

[David Rosen]

Colleagues,

A Kentucky task force, concerned that 53% of entering first-year  
public college and university  students need at least one remedial  
course, has recommended, among other things:

• Revise budgeting procedures so that colleges, adult education  
providers and public school districts are held accountable for  
reducing the number of students underprepared for college.

• Provide more professional development so that current teachers will  
have students ready for college-level courses in mathematics, English  
and reading.

• Provide money to improve remedial education programs at  
universities, community colleges and adult education centers.

For an article about this Kentucky task force see:

http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/16681893.htm

Student under-preparedness for postsecondary education is not unique  
to Kentucky.   Are other states recommending policy to address this  
problem? Specifically, are other advocacy efforts for state adult  
education funding, planned or in progress, being tied to better  
preparedness for college?

David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.net