Pete Hoekstra: “The fastest growing program on our college campuses today is remedial education. It means that our young people who are…”

“The fastest growing program on our college campuses today is remedial education. It means that our young people who are graduating from high school are entering college without the basic skills necessary to complete the work in their colleges. In some of these hearings, we have had the opportunity to listen to our college presidents and deans on our college campuses. They came in and they said, 'The most important thing you are doing for us, and make sure you don't decrease, as a matter of fact, make sure you increase funding for it, is increased funding for remedial education.'”