In the article Age and Remediation, Reporter Elia Powers discusses CCRC's recent study, "Stepping Stones to a Degree: The Impact of Enrollment Pathways and Milestones on Older Community College Student Outcomes." Powers writes:

Remedial education at community colleges frequently must serve both students fresh from high school and those who have been out of the classroom for years, if not decades. But do older and younger students respond differently to remediation? And should two-year institutions think about the groups differently when considering their needs? Yes and yes, according to a new report from the Community College Research Center at Teachers College at Columbia University…

--The full-length article is available on the Inside Higher Ed web site at:  http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/10/30/remediation

--CCRC's research findings are presented in CCRC Working Paper No. 4 and in CCRC Brief No. 32