When the prestigious California Institute of Technology announced in August it would drop calculus as an admissions requirement — students must prove mastery of the subject but don’t have to take it ...

Throughout North America, the attrition rate for first-year post-secondary level calculus is too high, despite the fact that many of the enrolled students have excellent grades from their secondary ...

If you are a new engineering first-year student starting in the fall semester, you will most likely be pre-enrolled in an Applied Math (APPM) pre-calculus or calculus course based on patterns of prior ...

Successful completion of high school calculus has long been an unofficial must-have for those seeking admission to the nation’s top colleges: The course has, for decades, served as a signal to ...

Part of the premise of Good Will Hunting is that if you’re smart enough, you should skip formal education and teach yourself with books. And that was before prestigious universities started uploading ...

Whether they have taken it or not, most UBC students have likely heard about the difficulty of MATH 100: Differential Calculus with Applications. Regarded as one of the most challenging courses for ...

Corrected: This story has been updated to reflect Ralph Pantozzi’s full statement. Corrected: A previous version of this story misstated the location of Kent Place School. It is located in Summit, N.J ...

An advanced math course that parents and students have been clamoring for is on the verge of approval at the Palo Alto ...