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Algebra is one of the biggest hurdles to getting a high school or college degree — particularly for students of color and first-generation undergrads.
It is also the single most failed course in community colleges across the country. So if you're not a STEM major (science, technology, engineering, math), why even study algebra?
That's the argument Eloy Ortiz Oakley, chancellor of the California community college system, made today in an interview with NPR's Robert Siegel.
At American community colleges, 60 percent of those enrolled are required to take at least one math course. Most — nearly 80 percent — never complete that requirement.
Oakley is among a growing number of educators who view intermediate algebra as an obstacle to students obtaining their credentials — particularly in fields that require no higher level math skills.
Their thinking has led to initiatives like Community College Pathways, which strays away from abstract algebra to engage students in real-world math applications.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @04:56PM (8 children)
There should be one university that is the best in all ways, everyone will be accepted, and it will be tought by angels.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @05:06PM
"tought by angels"
taught
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @05:11PM (6 children)
You graduate when you die.
(Score: 2) by BsAtHome on Saturday July 22 2017, @06:15PM (4 children)
I just received an angel PhD. Had to die three times over to get it, but it is worth the hassle. Major advantage are the student loans, as they were automatically dead upon death. Only drawback is that zombies/ghosts have a hard time to get a job.
(Score: 3, Informative) by RamiK on Saturday July 22 2017, @06:44PM
The trick is going Vampire -> Flesh Golem -> Skeleton Lich. It satisfies the triple death requirement and the side-effects are easily mitigated with a True Resurrection spell.
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(Score: 2) by tekk on Saturday July 22 2017, @10:10PM (2 children)
Fun fact: death doesn't relieve your family from student loans. The contract in my student loans says that the holding company "may" choose to discharge or reduce my debt in the event of my death.
(Score: 2) by tekk on Saturday July 22 2017, @10:12PM
Oh, and of course that's the only way that the debt can be reduced or removed according to the contract, since they made is so that student debt isn't forgiven when you go bankrupt. Hope I don't have a major injury right outside of graduating, right guys?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @02:05AM
Unless the parents or family members were stupid enough to co-sign the loan, the money comes out of the estate which probably has no money if the loan hasn't been repaid. So, technically, there's this zombie loan that exists, but there's nobody left alive that's legally responsible for it.
The only situation I can think of is if somebody has a large inheritance after graduation who dies prior to paying the loan off. Such a situation is rather rare and probably not something most of us have to worry about. I'd be more worried about dying with student loan debt than them trying to collect off my estate personally.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @06:16PM
Great we give the education system over to the church again, since that worked out so well before.... /0