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title: Do students pay too much for remedial classes? – News from the Nest
description: "In \"Remedial Classes Have Become a Hidden Cost of College,\" Danielle Douglas-Gabriel reports that one in four students enroll into a remedial class in their first year of college. These classes, though, can get pricey; Education Reform Now's report states that students pay an additional $3,000 on average for remedial classes. On top of that,…"
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# [Do students pay too much for remedial classes? – News from the Nest](https://www.hawkeslearning.com/blog/do-students-pay-too-much-for-remedial-classes)

 Written by [Hawkes Learning](https://www.hawkeslearning.com/blog/author/hawkes-learning) | Apr 13, 2016 4:00:00 AM

In “Remedial Classes Have Become a Hidden Cost of College,” Danielle Douglas-Gabriel reports that one in four students enroll into a remedial class in their first year of college. These classes, though, can get pricey; Education Reform Now’s report states that students pay an additional $3,000 on average for remedial classes.

On top of that, the research shows that “full-time undergraduate students who take such courses their first year are 74 percent more likely to drop out of college” (Douglas-Gabriel).

One solution that Complete College America supports is corequisite courses, which allow students to receive remediation at the same time they take credit-bearing courses. Several states, including Connecticut and Tennessee, have made great strides in including such classes within schools’ course offerings.

[Read more from the *Washington Post* article here or below.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/04/06/remedial-classes-have-become-a-hidden-cost-of-college/)

Douglas-Gabriel, Danielle. “Remedial classes have become a hidden cost of college.” The Washington Post. *The* *Washington Post*, 6 April 2016. Web. 13 April 2016.

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