Highlights from the remedial education report by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. All numbers are for recent high school graduates attending public colleges for the first time in fiscal 2008.
Students requiring at least one remedial class
Two-year schools: 53.2 percent (54.5 percent in 2007)
Four-year schools: 20.8 percent (19.8 percent in 2007)
Two- and four-year schools combined: 29.9 percent (29.7 percent in 2007)
Schools with highest percentage of students requiring at least one remedial class
Two-year: Pueblo Community College, 69.5 percent
Four-year: Adams State (Alamosa), 66.7 percent
Schools with lowest percentage of students requiring at least one remedial class
Two-year: Arapahoe Community College (Littleton), 43.6 percent
Four-year: University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, 0.5 percent
Students requiring remediation in math
Two-year schools: 39.6 percent
Four-year schools: 15.9 percent
Students requiring remediation in writing
Two-year schools: 36.6 percent
Four-year schools: 9.5 percent
Students requiring remediation in reading
Two-year schools: 27.3 percent
Four-year schools: 6.4 percent
