In 1997, Florida's St. Petersburg Junior College (SPJC) conducted a study to determine whether students who needed remediation completed their degree programs and, if so, the time that they took to complete their program. The academic records of students who graduated in summer 1995, fall 1995, and spring 1996 were analyzed, with findings compared to a similar, September 1991 study of graduates from summer 1990, fall 1990, and spring 1991. Study findings included the following: (1) 2,652 graduates received associate degrees in 1995-96, down from 2,745 in 1990-91; (2) 53.3% of the 1995-96 graduates had enrolled in one or more college preparatory class during their tenure at SPJC, compared to only 43.1% of the 1990-91 graduates; (3) for all 1995-96 graduates, 59.4% (n=1,576) completed the degree requirements in 9 semesters or fewer, compared to 75.3% of those who did not require remedial classes and 45.5% of those who did; (4) for all 1990-91 graduates, 62.9% (n=1,727) completed degree requirements in 9 semesters or fewer, compared to 71.3% of those not requiring remediation and 51.8% of those who enrolled in at least one college preparatory class; and (5) between 1990-91 and 1995-96, the percentage of graduates requiring remediation who took 13 or more semesters to graduate increased from 16.8% to 27.3%. (HAA)