[SeekAndFind]

About half of all high-school graduates now enroll in four-year colleges, despite the ample evidence that just a small minority of American students — about 10-15% — have the academic ability to do well in college.

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SOURCE:

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/9/3/new-math-intro-course/

The Harvard Math Department will pilot a new introductory course aimed at rectifying a lack of foundational algebra skills among students, according to Harvard’s Director of Introductory Math Brendan A. Kelly.

The course, titled Math MA5, will run alongside two established math courses — Math MA and MB — with an expanded five-day schedule.

Kelly said that students in MA5 will meet with “one of two instructors all five days” with “a variety of different activities” on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

[The Louiswu]

No surprise

[FirstFlaBn]

When I lived in the Baton Rouge area in the mid-80s, the local paper had an article that said half of LSU incoming freshman had to take remedial math. LSU was (supposedly) the flagship U. of the state.

Not a new problem.

[struggle]

https://youtu.be/WJxBkE9d-TA
Good will Smith

[Chode]

everytime i saw a remedial Reading, English, Arithmetic textbook, it was always with a basetball player...

it’s nuts

[fso301]

plenty of high school teachers are awful. It’s their fault when kids entering college can’t read or write or do math.

Wrong! Teachers are at the bottom of the education hierarchy.

[Herakles]

When I entered college in 67 I had to have the first year of calculus the first year of chemistry and a foreign language . when I went back to in ‘97 and everybody’s taking remedial algebra. PENN STATE

[FrogMom]

Rumor has it that there are very discrete classes on most military installations that teach reading to new officers. New officers of a largely certain demographic. Democrats have destroyed black America.