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Underfunding (under)graduate science education to death
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 19:17:20 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "J. Paul Reed" <preed () sigkill com> Date: July 15, 2004 7:13:24 PM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: Underfunding graduate science education to death Dave: There has been much discussion on IP and in other forums on the state of core math and science education in America; I thought you (and IPers, if you like) might find the following email illustrative of one of the many facets of the problem. It seems that California Polytechnic State Univ. (SLO) is so hard up for cash this year that THEY ARE CANCELING the lab (and all degrees' lab requirements) for the first physics course in the core sequence for this entire school year.This is a disconcerting reaction, especially from an institution considered
to be one of the nation's "top engineering schools"; it makes you wonderhow common this is in other public universities who are forced to cut their
budgets at the hands of the state legislature. Later, Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------ J. Paul Reed -- 0xDF8708F8 || preed () sigkill com || web.sigkill.com/preed Math, my dear boy, is nothing more than the lesbian sister of biology. -- Peter Griffin, Family Guy I use PGP; you should use PGP too... if only to piss off John Ashcroft ----- Forwarded message from acadprog () calpoly edu ----- From: acadprog () calpoly edu Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 15:58:11 -0700 Subject: PHYS 131 to PHYS X141 To Students with Majors that Require PHYS 131: PHYS 131 will not be taught this year. Due to budget constraints, thePhysics Department created PHYS X141 (without a lab) to replace PHYS 131. If you have not already completed PHYS 131, you should plan to register for PHYS X141. A "Blanket Curriculum Substitution" has been filed to cover all
students in your major, so you don't need to request a "Course Substitution."If you have taken PHYS 131 prior to Fall 2004 and want to repeat a D+ grade (or lower), you should register for PHYS X141. Within the first six weeks
of the quarter that you are registered in PHYS X141, you will need to process a repeat form (available in the Records Office). The repeat form will require the approval of the Physics Department Chair. W. David Conn Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Undergraduate Education ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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