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estevez
15y ago
I'm living through this right now. I'm struggling through pre -calculus, attempting to learn material I was never exposed to in high school, and the main emotion I'm feeling is profound shame. Luckily, I've had some amazing research experi
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Presumably, the students likely to enroll in a math or science program were (by and large) already heading to college 25 years ago. This presumption is not supported by the data. Since 1970 the proportion of STEM degrees out of all degree
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estevez
15y ago
Another point (perhaps not what the parent meant): the author pulls out computer science from the mid-80s peak. See here: http://imgur.com/XUCku
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15y ago
If we look at the table[1] upon which the article bases its figure we see that the proportion of liberal arts degrees has been steadily around 38% since the 1970s. In addition, the same table reveals that business has held the plurality
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Heavy media use in a household is defined as one in which the television is on all or most of the time.