A call for more college science and math

A National Research Council panel concluded that colleges need to mandate more science, math, and technology courses, especially with supervised research, for nonscience majors.

References:

Committee on Undergraduate Science Education. 1999. Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

Sources:

Marye Anne Fox
North Carolina State University
National Research Council
Office of the Chancellor
A-Holliday Hall
Box 7001
Raleigh, NC 27695-7001

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 15, April 10, 1999, p. 239. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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