In Sunday's Albuquerque Journal, an opinion piece, titled
"Rethinking Remedial Education Is Essential to Student
Success," describes
two curricular initiatives within the Core Writing Program that may eliminate
"remediation" courses for first year writing that do not carry college credit.
As Dr. Mark
Peceny, Dean of UNM's College of Arts and Sciences, writes,
"Our 'Stretch' program extends the work of the first
semester writing course over two semesters, accompanied by overall assistance in
the transition to college. In a trial run last summer, 100 percent of the
students completed the first semester of work. In our equally successful 'Studio' program, students
began typical first semester writing immediately and were supported with an
extra one-credit-hour course that provided additional assistance in
college-level writing. UNM is now prepared to extend these opportunities to all
main campus students in the 2014-2015 academic year."
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