Word: maths
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only change that the Economics department made small changes that effect not economics concentrators but applied math concentrators who use the economics advising resources. Overall, the department, which received a rating of 2.45 out of 5 for satisfaction with advising has made no major changes to the structure of its advising system...
According to Assistant Professor of Economics Christopher L. Foote, the department's head tutor, has expanded the tutorial office staff to make it easier for applied math concentrators to find advice...
Black and Hispanic leaders acknowledge that the Gates billion is a big step that will address racial inequities in the math and sciences, but they say more has to be done to prepare students before they even apply. Too few minority high-school kids take science prerequisites, such as calculus and trigonometry, that colleges look for in applicants. Stonesifer does not disagree. "This certainly is not going to close the gap and solve all the problems," she admits, "but it will have a direct impact on 20,000 students...
...home, looking around at the smiling faces of parents and children and listening to the chitter-chatter of gossiping teens, I remembered youth and forgot all about med-school applications and Math 21a. I realized something very important in life--that it's okay to escape reality for awhile and dream a little. Give it a try. We won't tell anyone...
Even with all the attempts to make math managable, there are, of course, students who will be unhappy, and professors are aware of the challanges facing them...