"We need more supportive programs and less sorting" We don't need less sorting, we need better sorting. It's obvious that some fields have a cognitive threshol

"We need more supportive programs and less sorting" We don't need less sorting, we need better sorting. It's obvious that some fields have a cognitive threshold.[1] Some people just aren't smart enough to succeed as a math major (and there's nothing wrong with that). Current "sink or swim" classes weed out students that students that are poorly prepared or unmotivated, as well as those that aren't smart enough. We can do something about the former, but not the latter. 1. Steve Hsu has published some research on cognitive thresholds for different college majors. He found that such thresholds exist in physics and math: http://infoproc.blogspot.com/2010/03/cognitive-thresholds.html http://infoproc.blogspot.com/2010/03/cognitive-thresholds.ht...