17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
6:17 p.m.
On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Martin Minow wrote:
This reminds me of the state legislature that tried to change the value of pi to something simpler in order to help students struggling with their homework. Fortunately, someone had the good sense to bring in a "knowing mathematics cognoscenti" to pound some sense into the politicians.
The University of California, now prohibited from making race a factor in the admissions process, is currently proposing to ignore SAT scores altogether to improve minority enrollmnent... --Lucky