This story was updated on Aug. 2, 2017. A new policy from the California State University system will soon allow some students to take math classes with pre-requisites other than intermediate algebra ...

Racquel Phillips, who graduated in May with an associate’s degree from Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley, remembers students who had such a difficult time in her college algebra class that ...

Next month, a panel of University of California professors in the sciences and math will give their recommendations on the contentious issue of how much math high school students should know before ...

Colleges are increasingly turning to ALEKS, an adaptive learning platform, to tackle challenges in College Algebra and beyond. By personalizing learning paths, fostering productive learning beliefs, ...

College algebra can feel like a roadblock, but with the right mindset, resources, and study strategies, it becomes a stepping stone to academic and career growth. From building strong foundational ...

Cal State no longer will require all its general education math courses to have a strict intermediate algebra prerequisite — a policy that has long stymied students trying to transfer from community ...

Some administrators are considering ending algebra requirements for some college degrees. College algebra is a requirement at most universities, but one in three college students fails the course. The ...

If you think math is fun, you should meet Erika Noffsinger, a Yuba College math professor. She’s taught algebra, calculus and trigonometry for 30 years and can’t imagine doing anything else.

Let's start with a little word problem. Sixty percent of the nation's 12.8 million community college students are required to take at least one course in subject X. Eighty percent of that 60 percent ...

ALBANY, Ore. – It’s 7:15 on a Monday morning in May at Linn-Benton Community College in northwestern Oregon. Math professor Michael Lopez, a tape measure on his belt, paces in front of the 14 students ...

Michigan State University has revised its general-education math requirement so that algebra is no longer required of all students. The revision reflects an increasing view on college campuses that ...

Algebra is one of the biggest hurdles to getting a high school or college degree — particularly for students of color and first-generation undergrads. It is also the single most failed course in ...