One analyst thinks it would be a bad idea for colleges to follow the recommendation to drop math requirements, though some claim it would increase the number of college graduates.
Since many high school graduates, especially minority students, are unprepared for college level mathematics, proponents of the idea believe colleges should drop math requirements altogether. But Lindsey Burke of The Heritage Foundation thinks that would only make bad situation worse.
"We know that college has been watered down in large parts, and degrees have been inflated over the years," she tells OneNewsNow. "So, I certainly don't think it's a wise policy to continue that trend."
She suggests the stringent math requirements may be a way of weeding out potential students who might not be good candidates for college.
"There's a whole other issue of whether or not we are pushing too many students to pursue a college degree," Burke notes. "I think that the Obama administration's push for universal college attendance, or to have the highest number of college graduates by the year 2020, is really misguided."
Instead of easing up on college admission requirements, the analyst concludes that improvements need to be made at the high school level, because they are clearly not preparing students for higher learning.