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Harvard's math crisis: Trump's jab, remedial classes and a deeper problem

It's been a wild week for Harvard University, and not the kind that makes the alumni newsletter. At a recent press meet, US President Donald Trump took a swipe at Harvard students, mocking them for ...
Yahoo

FACT FOCUS: Trump’s claims about remedial math at Harvard don’t add up

As the White House moves to revoke Harvard University's certification to enroll foreign students — escalating a battle between the administration and the oldest and wealthiest college in the U.S. — ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Harvard President Issues Transcript of Controversial Remarks About Women in Science and Mathematics

Harvard University’s president, Lawrence H. Summers, in an effort to clear the air, released a transcript on Thursday of the remarks he made at an economics meeting in January in which he suggested ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard Math Professor Melanie Matchett Wood Wins ‘Genius Grant’

Harvard Mathematics professor Melanie Matchett Wood was named one of 25 recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship on Wednesday for her work in “addressing the foundational questions in number theory from ...
Soompi

"Math Genius" Claiming Joint Admission to Both Harvard and Stanford Revealed to Be a Hoax

High school senior Sara Kim (Korean name Kim Jung Yoon) was touted as being a math genius just a week ago by a flood of Korean media and claimed that she would matriculate to both Harvard University ...
The Stanford Daily

Stanford, Harvard revise high school math curriculum recommendations, exclude data science

Last year, the Stanford Undergraduate Admissions Office changed its high school math curriculum recommendations for prospective applicants, emphasizing conceptual math courses such as algebra and ...