New Directions In Two-Year College Mathematics
Albers Donald J, Rodi Stephen B, Watkins Ann E
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Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 1985
Edition: First Edition
Description: 491 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout and covered in a protective plastic. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. Proceedings Of The Sloan Foundation Conference On Two-Year College Mathematics.
Publishers Description: 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.
ISBN: 0387961453
(121608)
