Dropout Factories, Ctd

by Patrick Appel

Pivoting off the experience of this Cal State professor, a reader writes:

Years ago (in about '81 and '82) I tutored introductory physics to engineering students in the "women and minorities" program at UC Berkeley.  Many of these young people came from backgrounds I can't even imagine, and had to show a level of grit and perseverance that still astonishes me.  I remember two of my students who came from very tough areas - one in Richmond and one in Oakland.  They would often...