Now she's taking it again, and she has a college-supplied tutor. This young woman wants to enter the nursing program at the college. She has completed the other requirements, but until she can pass her math requirement, she cannot be admitted. The mission of a community college should be to support those who wish to achieve advancement educationally and professionally, but cannot gain admittance to a four-year institution of higher education. Whenever possible, this type of college must provide programs designed to compensate for prior inadequacies for its students.
Few areas are more important than English language skills and math skills.
All communication between people is dependent upon language usage. For an English-speaking country, it is critical for our citizens to function adequately in the language. Additionally, in an increasingly complex society, a basic understanding of math is a requirement. Anyone who fails to grasp the relationship between numbers, such as decimals and percents, is unable to attain a skill level necessary for even the simplest jobs. Such individuals are functionally illiterate.