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TRENTON – New Jersey colleges are making plans to address the impact of pandemic-driven learning loss on student readiness and even the debt they’ll take on earning a degree.
“This is going to fall upon you,” Assemblyman John Burzichelli, D-Gloucester, told college presidents at a budget hearing. “People are going to be coming. They’re going to be admitted. They’re going to be paying tuition, and they’re not going to be entirely ready to learn.”
Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway said 15% of students take remedial classes in any given year but “that number is certainly going to go up” after testing for language and math skills. But he said it’s impossible to know the scope of the challenge at this point. ....

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