Cal Poly campus on the north side of San Luis Obispo,
looking west down the Los Osos Valley toward the ocean.
Posted on 03/16/2006 6:10:22 PM PST by Amerigomag
Entering freshmen at Cal Poly continue to show high levels of ability in writing and mathematics, higher than at any other campus in the California State University system.
Of the 3,363 freshmen who entered Cal Poly in fall 2005, 95 percent were deemed proficient in math and 91 percent were deemed proficient in English. Those numbers show a marked improvement from 2000 when 86 percent were proficient in mathematics and 82 percent were proficient in English.
The results are in the latest state report on English and math proficiency, which shows Cal Poly freshmen with much higher proficiency than the 23-campus system as a whole as well as any other single CSU campus.
Systemwide, officials at the CSU chancellor’s office report, the figures show 64 percent proficiency in math and 55 percent proficiency in English.
(Excerpt) Read more at sanluisobispo.com ...
As California's liberal governance and social experimenting has turned the balance of the CSU system into glorified community colleges, Cal Poly's competative atmosphere has caused this almost unique, public university to succeed and I've always been surprised that liberals and Democrats have not attempted to destroy this extraordinary institution through a leveling downward.
Thanks. My daughter's a senior there this year. Great school, by and large, and nice area.
Mine too, materials eng.
My daughter graduated in 2003. She never had a single class taught by a graduate assistant. And, because of her, I spent more time on the central coast, and tasted more central coast wines, and discovered that I love Paso Robles reds.
The entire package is wonderful. The University, the tractor pull at Poly Royal, the town, Firestone Grill, the Seven Sisters volcanoes, and five minutes outside of town, vineyards as far as you can see, Avila Beach, Morro Bay, Cayucos... Guess I've got to get another kid enrolled.
I do love the place, always make the rodeo.
A lot of Chinese kids in school there no doubt.
95% were proficient in math.
That means 5% were not proficient in math.
Can you imagine being enrolled in CalPoly and NOT being proficient in math?
I can't.
Not particularly. That's the province of the UC system. The school is reasonably representative of California's middle class.
That the City of San Luis Obispo gave itself a diversity award was a local joke among the cynical.
A concession to mandated diversity considerations and not unexpected in light of California's sad, public, secondary, educational system.
It would be darn right cruel to enroll someone in CalPoli who is not proficient in math. That would do damage for a lifetime.
Especially for AeroEng undergraduates. Hypersonic flow drag and finite element cals are a bear if you're struggling with Algebra 1. Even Urban Planning majors must be fluent in statistical deviations that were once the province of only AP courses. :)
Cal Poly campus on the north side of San Luis Obispo,
looking west down the Los Osos Valley toward the ocean.
Notice that the now removed campus runway and old hangar complex (large white building) are still visible along the upper right hand edge of this, at least two year old, photo.
Some of these aeronautics grads must have spent a little time over there:
Dean Borgman, President of McDonnell-Douglas Helicopter Systems
Lee Chapman, Vice President, Olec Corporation
Michael Evans, Vice President, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works
Robert Gibson, NASA Astronaut
Robert Lang, President, International Aerospace Services
Paul Martin, Vice President, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works
Rodney Philbrick, President, Hangar One Aeroservice
James Phillips, Vice President, McDonnell-Douglas
Gary Riley, Vice President, Lockheed Martin, Aeronautical Systems
Burt Rutan, President of Scaled Composites and designer of Voyager
Alex G. Spanos, Owner, San Diego Chargers, NFL Team
Richard Thomas, Principal President, Glumac International
Roy Wickland, President, Wickland Oil
Robert Wulf, Vice President of Northrop Grumman Corporation
Interesting photos here:
First airplane built in the U.S. by students, 1928;
Amelia Earhardt lands for repairs, 1935.
http://www.calpoly.edu/~aero/history.html
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