> :>------------------------<snip>--------------------- > :> > :>>>The summary of the Schonberg paper begins: > :>>>1. Mathematics requirements in CS programs are shrinking. > > :>>It doesn't take a professional paper to realize that mathematics > :>>requirements in virtually ALL curricula are shrinking in the USA. The > only exception is > :>>the mathematics specialty itself. > > > Rick Fochtman posted: > > :>A point that should be obvious if anyone has ever confronted a checkout > :>clerk during a power failure. Around Greater Chicagoland, even many > :>second graders are permitted to use calculators in class, to the > :>detriment of arithmetic studies. :-( > > > Binyamin Dissen posted: > > Mathematics ^= Arithmetic > :>-----------------<unsnip>----------------------
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