Placement Realities

August 4, 2015
  • Industry News

Admissions and placement in Louisiana's universities and colleges are somewhat of a work in progress. 

For the past few years the state's universities have been working on finding the best pathway for freshmen who require remediation, while also trying to ensure that students will be successful at the four-year institution of their choice. Yet the road to making those two things happen has been difficult as the state works to create a better transfer system from a relatively new community college system as well as making sure they aren't blocking higher education opportunities for struggling students. At the same time they're also working to lessen the effect these changes have had on enrollment at some of the institutions, particularly the historically black colleges, which pride themselves on serving low-income students.

Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/08/04/louisiana-officials-hope-changing-admission-policies-will-help-remedial-students