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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ironically, the students who major in sociology, ethnic studies and other soft subjects end up being the ones working in education administration and setting admissions policy,  where they proceed to favor other students like them in the admissions process. part of the problem is that administrators and not actual faculty have taken control of the admissions process and student evaluation methods. [/quote]

+1 dumb and dumber.  in past years, actual faculty had more say in universities.[/quote]

The faculty do not care if the University admits unqualified Latinos and shuffles them over to the Spanish, ethnic studies or sociology department. Those departments are happy to be able to fill their classes and not lose funding. Faculty are only ticked off if they are required to teach unqualified students and face some consequence themselves if those students fail.

As far as math, faculty are pretty much upset at all the incoming students. The explosion of interest in engineering has funneled a lot of students into math , chemistry and physics courses who are not gifted in math , chem or physics. The kid with middle school level math slinks off never to be seen again or bother the professor. It’s the kids who crammed or cheated their way through getting 5s on AP Calc, 700+ SAT etc who are freaking out that they got a C, D or F on their exam. These kids belong in the business school doing excel not engineering.

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