College can be thrilling, demanding, and unpredictable. The need for mathematics is one item that always surprises pupils. Many others share your question about the math courses needed in college.

A recent study from the University of California, San Diego, found that roughly one out of every eight UC San Diego freshmen ...

Diego Fonseca is a computer science major who hoped to get into calculus in college but, like many college students today, he is still struggling with basic math. He has major hurdles with algebra, a ...

Forrest Lane has received funding from the Greater Texas Foundation. Putting off college math could improve the likelihood that students remain in college. But that may only be true as long as ...

Keith Perkins, foreground, works through an algorithm for calculating ladder rung spacing in Linn-Benton Community College’s math for welders class. Credit: Jan Sonnenmair for The Hechinger Report The ...

It should come as no surprise to anyone that to succeed in a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) field, one needs a solid foundation in mathematics. When my sons entered college, even ...

More students were accepted into four-year colleges in 2024 compared to 2019 despite 12th grade students testing lower for college readiness. The National Assessment of Educational Progress’ (NAEP) ...

When the College Board launched its Advanced Placement Precalculus course in 2022, it aimed to expand students’ access to advanced math courses and open more doors for students to earn college credit ...

Grade inflation crisis: 90% of parents think kids are proficient, but only 22% of 12th graders meet math standards, and ...

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The future of math education will begin with the divorce of a very long-term marriage between math learning and grade-level instruction. “The Future of Math,” my chapter in School Rethink 2.0, ...