“Nearly half of the students who enroll in colleges in Ohio never complete their degrees,” Norris says. “That’s a huge problem. One of the reasons is because of the need for remediation. Students spend time and their money on remedial coursework and they never complete their degree.”

Ohio passed a law six years ago begins reducing funding to public universities for remedial courses. That took effect last year. Norris says by 2020, Ohio will fund less than 3 percent of those credit hours at all four-year public universities with the exception of Youngstown, Shawnee and Central state universities because they’re the least expensive.