Category: Press

Pearson, Career Colleges & Schools of Texas Partner to Improve Student Success

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 16:16 | By: mymathlab | Category: Press

Pearson, the world’s leading education and technology company, and the Career Colleges & Schools of Texas (CCST) today announced a partnership designed to improve retention and achievement for students enrolled in job training programs at the state’s nearly 140 career colleges. The announcement was made during CCST’s annual meeting of career college educators, administrators and service providers in Austin.

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Introducing a Remedial Program That Actually Works

Monday, September 28, 2009 - 00:00 | By: mymathlab | Category: Press

Learn how Cleveland State Community College in Tennessee has used MyMathLab to effectively redesign their remedial courses, as reported in the Chronicle of Higher Education by Kevin Carey.

 

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Cost-Effective Strategies for Improving Student Performance: Redesign + MyMathLab in Higher Education Mathematics Courses

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 21:36 | By: Becky Anderson | Category: Press

In the face of continued funding reductions, rising enrollments, and increased demand for financial aid, today's higher education administrators are looking for ways to contain costs without sacrificing academic quality. This report details how eight two- and four-year institutions are using National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT) redesign methodology and Pearson's MyMathLab to support and improve some of their largest introductory math courses.

 

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Pearson, University of Alabama Honored for Groundbreaking Use of Technology to Increase Student Achievement

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 12:41 | By: mymathlab | Category: Press

Pearson and the University of Alabama have received top honors from a consortium of the world’s leaders in education and learning technology, in recognition of their innovative use of technology to improve math achievement. The award was presented during the IMS Global Learning Consortium’s annual Learning Impact conference in Barcelona, Spain.

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Louisiana State University Math Lab Honored for Groundbreaking Work to Increase Student Achievement in Math

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 - 12:34 | By: mymathlab | Category: Press

Baton Rouge, LA May 5, 2009 -- Louisiana State University's groundbreaking work to increase student achievement in introductory math classes using innovative technology has been honored with an award from Pearson, the world's leading education publishing and technology company.

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MyMathLab’s Positive Impact on Student Success

Monday, September 15, 2008 - 00:00 | By: mymathlab | Category: Press

For Immediate Release

College Students “Making The Grade” with MyMathLab, MathXL

Report Finds Pearson’s Math Programs Improve Student Achievement, Help Reduce Costs

BOSTON, Sept. 15, 2008: As the fall semester gets into full swing at colleges and universities across America, some students are finding they don’t have the skills needed to succeed at college-level work.  The economic costs are staggering—more than $1.4 billion a year in remedial courses at community colleges alone.

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Proven Results: Making the Grade

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 - 00:00 | By: mymathlab | Category: Press

A recent updated report, Making the Grade: A Compendium of Data-Driven Case Studies on the Effectiveness of MyMathLab and MathXL (Version 3, Summer 2008), illustrates MyMathLab and MathXL's consistently positive impact on the quality of learning and cost reduction in higher education math instruction.

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Press Release: Community College Learning & Retention Advance with Innovative Technology Platforms

Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 09:51 | By: Becky Anderson | Category: Press

Tough economic times are forcing more Americans into unemployment, making community colleges critical resources for workers seeking to learn new skills or hone old ones, particularly in critical subject areas like math and science. As the ranks of community colleges swell to meet this new demand, administrators will look for new ways to address students’ academic needs while keeping costs under control.

 

 

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Transforming the Teaching and Learning of Math

Monday, July 16, 2007 - 05:12 | By: mymathlab | Category: Press

The National Center for Academic Transformation reports that 60% of students at public institutions fail to complete degrees within 5 years, and that 50% of those students leave school during the freshmen year. In just four years, MyMathLab has successfully reshaped the teaching and learning of college math at more than a thousand institutions across the United States.

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