Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® WKU Archives Records WKU Archives 12-1-2015 UA12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 26 WKU Student Affairs Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records Part of the African American Studies Commons, Higher Education Administration Commons, Journalism Studies Commons, Mass Communication Commons, and the Sports Studies Commons Recommended Citation WKU Student Affairs, "UA12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 91, No. 26" (2015). WKU Archives Records. Paper 6482. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/6482 This Other is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in WKU Archives Records by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. EDITORIAL: PACK STUDENT TAKES SEMESTER THE HOUCH THIS OFF TO DOCUMENT SATURDAY TRANSIENT LIFESTYLES OPINION, PAGE A4 PHOTO ESSAY, PAGE A3 TUESDAY,TUESDAY, DECEMBERDECEMBER 1,1, 20152015 > WESTERNWESTERN KENTUCKYKENTUCKY UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY > VVOLUMEOLUME 990,0, ISSUEISSUE 2266 WKU seeks alternative to noncredit courses BY SHANTEL-ANN PETTWAY
[email protected] Students who pay for noncredit cours- es might have an alternative in the future. Students who do not meet the re- quired benchmarks mandated by ACT or SAT scores are enrolled in noncredit courses. Once they complete the non- credit remedial course, students can move on to courses that will count to- wards graduation. According to a Complete College America report, “Remediation: High- er Education’s Bridge to Nowhere,” nearly 20 percent of those entering four-year universities are placed in re- medial courses that do not count to- wards their postsecondary credits for An undated photo of Jack Thacker teaching a class in Glasgow via satellite.