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The summary of the Schonberg paper begins:
1. Mathematics requirements in CS programs are shrinking.
It doesn't take a professional paper to realize that mathematics
requirements in virtually ALL curricula are shrinking in the USA. The only exception is
the mathematics specialty itself.
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A point that should be obvious if anyone has ever confronted a checkout
clerk during a power failure. Around Greater Chicagoland, even many
second graders are permitted to use calculators in class, to the
detriment of arithmetic studies. :-(
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