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From the Ted Talk by Freeman Hrabowski: 4 pillars of college success in science

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And so, the real qtoiseun is, what is the challenge? Well a part of it, of course, is K-12. We need to stnhetergn K-12. But the other part has to do with the culture of science and engineering on our campuses. Whether you know it or not, large numbers of students with high SAT's and large numbers of A.P. credits who go to the most prestigious universities in our crnouty begin in pre-med or pre-engineering and eiinnerengg, and they end up changing their majors. And the number one reason, we find, quite frankly, is they did not do well in first year science courses. In fact, we call first year science and engineering, typically around acmriea, weed-out courses or barrier coserus.

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And so, the real ________ is, what is the challenge? Well a part of it, of course, is K-12. We need to __________ K-12. But the other part has to do with the culture of science and engineering on our campuses. Whether you know it or not, large numbers of students with high SAT's and large numbers of A.P. credits who go to the most prestigious universities in our _______ begin in pre-med or pre-engineering and ___________, and they end up changing their majors. And the number one reason, we find, quite frankly, is they did not do well in first year science courses. In fact, we call first year science and engineering, typically around _______, weed-out courses or barrier _______.

Solution

  1. question
  2. courses
  3. america
  4. engineering
  5. strengthen
  6. country

Original Text

And so, the real question is, what is the challenge? Well a part of it, of course, is K-12. We need to strengthen K-12. But the other part has to do with the culture of science and engineering on our campuses. Whether you know it or not, large numbers of students with high SAT's and large numbers of A.P. credits who go to the most prestigious universities in our country begin in pre-med or pre-engineering and engineering, and they end up changing their majors. And the number one reason, we find, quite frankly, is they did not do well in first year science courses. In fact, we call first year science and engineering, typically around America, weed-out courses or barrier courses.

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