Kentucky’s statewide shift away from prerequisite remedial education has produced measurable improvements in college completion, with students needing learning support progressing farther and faster. The state replaced prerequisite remediation with a corequisite model seven years ago, allowing students to enroll directly in college-level math while receiving targeted academic support. Among learners needing remediation, nearly two-thirds now pass college-level math—more than doubling the rate under the old prerequisite system. The results arrive amid skepticism about higher education value and follow years of national attention to gateway-course redesigns in states such as Tennessee, Texas, California, and Connecticut. Still, the article notes that prerequisite remediation remains widespread nationally, with more than one million students enrolling in prerequisite remedial courses each year and over 40% never passing gateway classes. Kentucky’s performance is offered as evidence that gateway redesign plus embedded support can move students into credit-bearing work rather than stalling them in non-credit sequences.