| Not everybody is willing or able to perform academic research in the discipline they enjoy most. In fact, IQ correlates fairly well with ability to become a professor at a research institution.
Does that mean that only people who plan on being professors should major in math? No, it means that the mathematics programs should be revamped to be more competitive.
I may be putting my foot in my mouth, but mathematics may be the single major which teaches the least directly applicable material of any major out there. What's not blatant academic pandering is too broad, diluted, and too "pure" to be of any real relevance in industry.
Engineering and science majors learn all the math they need in their own classes as well as in relevant mathematics classes. Why? Because mathematics classes are taught as introductions to the material. Sad, maybe, but ultimately true. |