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If someone cannot understand basic algebra, maybe they are not the best collegiate candidate. I don't consider statistics more practical.

conix -- "Oakley rejected that dropping the algebra requirement was lowering standards. He also proposed to replace the course with a reputedly more practical discipline, such as statistics."

good luck trying to teach a(ny real) statistics course to students who can't handle basic algebra -- or perhaps Oakley meant just 'teaching' students to be able to recite from rote a few random statistics? -- '100% of unambiguously male pigs are born with piggly wigglies! So there!'