New Directions in Two-Year College Mathematics - Proceedings of the Sloan Foundation Conference on Two-Year College Mathematics, held July 11-14 at Menlo College in Atherton, California (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985)

by Donald J. Albers ix INTRODUCTION In July of 1984 the first national conference on mathematics education in two-year colleges was held at Menlo College. The conference was funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Two-year colleges account for more than one-third of all undergraduate enrollments in mathematics, and more than one-half of all college freshmen are enrolled in two-year colleges. These two facts alone suggest the importance of mathematics education in two-year colleges, particularly to secondary schools, four-year colleges, and universities. For a variety of reasons, four-year colleges and universities are relatively unaware of two-year colleges. Arthur Cohen, who was a participant at the "New Directions" conference warns: "Four-year colleges and universities ignore two-year colleges at their own peril." Ross Taylor, another conference participant, encouraged two-year college faculty to be ever mindful of their main source of students--secondary schools- and to work hard to strengthen their ties with them. There are many other reasons why it was important to examine two-year college mathematics from a national perspective: 1. Over the last quarter century, rio other sector of higher education has grown so rapidly as have two-year colleges. Their enrollments tripled in the 60's, doubled in the 70's, and continue to increase rapidly in the 80's. x 2. Twenty-five years ago, two-year colleges accounted for only one-seventh of all undergraduate mathematics enrollments; today the fraction is more than one-third."

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2011
First published:	1985
Editors:	Donald J. Albers • Stephen B. Rodi • Ann E Watkins
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	491
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985
ISBN-13:	978-1-4612-9571-6
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4612-9571-8
Barcode:	9781461295716

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