Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes

Re:Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills ... by amiga386 on Thursday June 04, 2026 @06:37PM (#48405601)

I'm suggesting the problem is not limited to Berkeley. They both show the same underlying issue, there's a growing number of students attending university without the prerequisite maths skills they need to succeed.

It seems they're now at the point where the sheer number of students that need improved maths skills overwhelms the staff, resulting in them failing.

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Re:Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills ... by insane_dreamer on Thursday June 04, 2026 @09:19PM (#48406852)

I agree it's not limited to Cal.

But my point was that while you might expect remedial math students to fail (they're in remedial math for a reason), you shouldn't be having 1/3 of students failing a CS class (except perhaps if it's full of humanities majors who were required to take it for some odd reason)

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