Check out this article about the lack of basic literacy skills among college students, especially quantitative literacy. Read the whole thing, but meditate on this: Without “proficient” skills, or ...

WASHINGTON — Nearing a degree, most college students cannot handle many complex but common tasks, from understanding credit card offers to comparing the cost per ounce of food. Those are the sobering ...

A recent opinion piece in the New York Times by Sol Garfunkel and David Mumford stressed that what we really need is "quantitative literacy" among the general population, or the ability to make ...