Changing world demands constant innovation
The opinion of the La Voz Weekly editorial board
Issue date: 11/26/07 Section: Editorial
According to CareerJournal.com, the past five years have seen a 40 percent increase in the number of economics degrees awarded, and at the prestigious University of Chicago, almost a quarter of the graduating class majored in economics.
De Anza, however, offers its students only two courses in the field of economics, both taught at the most basic level and both omitting the calculus component integral to similar courses taught at four-year schools. Compounding this dearth of substance is the fact that only one calculus-inclusive statistics course, a prerequisite for econ majors, is offered per year at De Anza.
Despite our school's perennially tight budget, the administration's past successes in adapting the curriculum give us hope that it will be able to meet these new challenges, as well.
In fact, doing so should be made a priority, for although new buildings, "green" services and cutting edge technology are nice, the measure of a school ultimately lies with how prepared its students are to face a changing world.
De Anza, however, offers its students only two courses in the field of economics, both taught at the most basic level and both omitting the calculus component integral to similar courses taught at four-year schools. Compounding this dearth of substance is the fact that only one calculus-inclusive statistics course, a prerequisite for econ majors, is offered per year at De Anza.
Despite our school's perennially tight budget, the administration's past successes in adapting the curriculum give us hope that it will be able to meet these new challenges, as well.
In fact, doing so should be made a priority, for although new buildings, "green" services and cutting edge technology are nice, the measure of a school ultimately lies with how prepared its students are to face a changing world.
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