Just Equations founder and executive director Pamela Burdman penned a letter to the University of California Board of Regents ahead of their March 20, 2024 meeting. The board was slated to discuss the BOARS' recommendation to remove some data science and statistics courses as an option to fulfill university admission requirements.In the letter, Burdman shares concerns that the BOARS recommendation goes too far in arbitrarily removing rigorous senior-year courses as valid pathways to college degrees.
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