In my eyes, these standards are fair. All students attending college should have some requirements they need to fulfill because that is part of life. College is a preparation for the professional world, and it requires a certain level of competency. It is important to take care of the basics early so that students can begin to learn immediately and prepare for what is in store. Furthermore, when upper division general education rolls around, students are asked to progress further yet to a higher level.
Classes demand papers longer in length and that require hours of research.
Without English 1A and 1B, a student will have not been taught how to accomplish this. I couldn't agree more with the California State University's policy on remedial classes, which requires every student who applies to any of its 23 campuses to be fully proficient in math and English before moving on to a higher learning. Whoever came up with the idea deserves credit. Though student participation was missing, CSU cared enough for students to have appointed an advisory made up of faculty and administration to make entry-level math and English recommendations. Everything about executive order 665, the policy in question, would seem perfect on the surface, at least.