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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Speechless -

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-27/uc-math-professors-demand-return-of-sat-for-stem-admissions

Over three years — from fall 2021 to fall 2023 — the letter said, at least 20% of Berkeley first-semester calculus students who took a diagnostic exam showed deficits. “Basic mathematical fluency is analogous to literacy; without it, success in university-level STEM becomes structurally unattainable for students,” faculty wrote.[/quote]

What is making you speechless? Calc 1 isn't exactly an advanced course.[/quote]

Speechless because what do those students expect to do if they CANNOT do calculus in a STEM program. The only next exit is non-STEM, that totally defeats their original intention to attend these programs. These are ripple effects. I would have a lot of doubt hiring the students coming from compromised curriculum if schools are forced to dumb down their curriculum to accomondate.[/quote]

Not everyone needs to be able to do calculus you know.

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STEM majors especially need to know how to do calc.[/quote]

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