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State board boosts math requirement

FITCHBURG — Getting admitted to a four-year public university in Massachusetts just got harder.

The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education voted unanimously yesterday to require high school students seeking admission to a state university to take four years of math in high school, in an effort to boost college completion rates and to expose students from low-income communities to a more rigorous curriculum that better meets the expectations of colleges.

http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2011/03/23/state_board_boosts_math_requirement/