Lawmakers
and business leaders on Wednesday called on the University of
California to change its admissions standards to allow "academically
rigorous" high school computer science courses to count toward the
university's math requirement.
A letter from Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom to the university system's
faculty-run board of admissions -- and signed by a host of Silicon
Valley VIPs, including Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter
founder Jack Dorsey, as well as Assembly Republican Leader Kristen Olsen
and Secretary of State Alex Padilla -- argued that upgrading computer
science from an elective to a core math course for college-entrance
purposes "would acknowledge that computer science is a legitimate field
and a valuable foundation for many academic pursuits."...
Full story at
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_29193241/silicon-valley-leaders-politicians-urge-uc-elevate-high
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