When calculus meets fractions! UC Berkeley professor raises math alarm

A UC Berkeley mathematics professor has raised concerns about declining math preparedness among incoming calculus students. Zvezdelina Stankova says some students arrive five to eight years behind in mathematics, requiring instruction in fractions and basic algebra instead of college-level calculus. She links the widen

In a scathing piece, she described the admissions process as "less like careful evaluation and more like chance" at the prestigious California college.

A Berkeley professor attacked the University of California system's "test-blind" policies as calamitous, noting students were arriving on campus unable to do basic math.