Kimberly Miranda is the brainy daughter of Guatemalan immigrants and the first in her family to attend college. But she almost didn’t make it to the California Institute of Technology. Her Redwood ...

Specialized A redesigned A-level maths could focus on the needs of physics and non-physics students. (Courtesy: iStock/SolStock) Early in my teaching career, I had a rather uncomfortable exchange with ...

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At Duke, courses like calculus, general chemistry and physics are known for being intense, especially for pre-med and engineering students. Nicknamed weed-out classes, they’re infamous for their steep ...