A star student at her small Alabama high school, Kyra Richardson graduated confident in her academic prowess in all but one subject: math. By the time she arrived at Harvard in the fall of 2024, it ...

Mathematics continues to pose formidable challenges to college students of all ages and backgrounds. It remains vital that we use achievable and proven routes to prepare both new and nontraditional ...

As the White House moves to revoke Harvard University’s certification to enroll foreign students — escalating a battle between the administration and the oldest and wealthiest college in the U.S. — ...

The White House has an expanding list of complaints about Harvard. Among them: a puzzling claim that Harvard kids can’t do math. “Did you see that, where the students can’t add two and two and they go ...

It's been a wild week for Harvard University, and not the kind that makes the alumni newsletter. At a recent press meet, US President Donald Trump took a swipe at Harvard students, mocking them for ...

Some students at Harvard are playing catch-up on a year-long remedial math course aimed at rectifying a "lack of foundational" skills believed to be exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, but some, ...

Method to her math class: Celeste Petersen (middle), a professor at Clatsop Community College in Astoria, Oregon, says that underprepared students who take her “corequisite” companion courses instead ...

Why are you making me do it all over?” Dangerfield, who has ADHD and a learning disability, failed three times at two ...

As the White House moves to revoke Harvard University’s certification to enroll foreign students — escalating a battle between the administration and the oldest and wealthiest college in the U.S. — ...

The shift in remedial courses comes as the university system faces a slew of other challenges, including a major pandemic enrollment drop at the community colleges. CUNY officials said they’re also ...

UC San Diego says it’s struggling to deal with a large and growing number of freshmen whose math skills are below middle-school level, leaving many unprepared to thrive at an institution famed for its ...