60 University of Washington professors signed on an open letter to voice their concern about incoming freshmen's readiness for college level studies. Click here to read the full report.
Many college freshmen can't do basic math, and some instructors are dumbing down their classes to accommodate them, a group of University of Washington math, science and engineering professors warned in an open letter released Thursday.
"This is a big issue for us at the University of Washington," said Cliff Mass, a professor in the UW's atmospheric sciences department who gathered the 60 signatures on the letter.
He and his colleagues have noticed a rising number of students in their freshman classes who are unable to solve math problems at even a middle school level, indicating there are serious problems with how the subject is taught in the state, he said.
Physics Department Chairman David Boulware said he co-signed the letter because he's appalled that students don't have a better grasp on math by the time they get to college.
"They're confounded by simple algebra," he said.
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