Word: math
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Inspired by his math section leader and a Scientific American article, Costes wrote the essay on the role of computers in number crunching, especially when trying to figure out specific patterns, he said...
Since writing the winning essay, Costes, who is concentrating in math, has written several computer programs which implement the ideas the essay presented...
...sprawling State University of New York (SUNY), remained skeptical when his faculty complained that good nonwhite teachers were difficult to find. Then he discovered that of some 1,000 Ph.D.s earned by blacks, more than 600 were in education but only 29 were in the physical sciences, six in math and one in computer science. Given such sparse credentials, faculty jobs for blacks have been extremely hard to come by. At Stanford, for example, a mere 45 of the university's 1,294 faculty members are black or Hispanic. Among minorities, only Asians appear to be strengthening their grip...
...Macintoshes are guarded by proctors from noon until midnight. Proctors keep students who are not in Computer Sciences 11 or Math 21a from using the computers for word processing. About 400 to 600 students need to use the computers for course work...