Word: qrr
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quarter of the freshman class is unaware of it. These delinquent 359 have not yet fulfilled one or both parts of the Quantitative Reasoning Requirement, which, the Handbook for students says, must be satisfied by the end of their freshman year. Those students who did not pass the last QRR data test last month and those who do not pass the last computer test, to be given today, will be given the option of taking the tests during freshman week next year. Those who do not pass will be forced to enroll in a course designed to fulfill the requirements...
...their freshman year, "entering students must satisfy the Quantitative Reasoning Requirement (QRR)," the Handbook for Students says. Yet many freshmen seem to be disregarding these words-almost a quarter of the Class of 1985, having failed to complete either the data or computer portions of the QRR, may face still penalties come this fall...
...QRR, initiated by Core Curriculum planners in 1980, requires all freshmen to pass a data exam. testing their facility with statistics, as well as a computer test, which involves writing a simple program...
...QRR officials set individual deadlines for attempting the test based on math placement and achievement test scores and have sent letters of warning to the approximately 300 students who failed to meet their deadlines...
According to academic rules, students who do not fulfill QRR by the end fo freshman year will face action from the Administrative Board and must "enroll in an appropriate credit course" (QRA) in order to register for the second year...