Why Minority Valedictorians Fail Calculus, Findings Of The Berkeley Program
Thursday, April 2, 2015 - 23:20
in Psychology & Sociology
This was an issue pursued by Philip Uri Treisman back in the 1970s and '80s at Berkeley. The result of his inquiries led to the highly successful Berkeley program for minorities, and ultimately for all students from all demographics well beyond Berkeley. This story is narrated quite nicely by Treisman himself at his 1992 Mary P. Dolciani lecture. read more