Mathematicians’ Central Role in Educating the STEM Workforce
In the recent report Engage to Excel,1 President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) identifies mathematics as a bottleneck in undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. Among PCAST’s recommendations are ones calling for the developme...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Article |
| Published: |
American Mathematical Society (AMS)
2018
|
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116540 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9816-2395 |
| _version_ | 1826212532895875072 |
|---|---|
| author | Friedlander, Eric M. Holm, Tara S. Ewing, John Goldin, Rebecca Jaco, William H. Stevens, T. Christine Thompson, Abigail Vogan, David A |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics Friedlander, Eric M. Holm, Tara S. Ewing, John Goldin, Rebecca Jaco, William H. Stevens, T. Christine Thompson, Abigail Vogan, David A |
| author_sort | Friedlander, Eric M. |
| collection | MIT |
| description | In the recent report Engage to Excel,1 President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) identifies mathematics as a bottleneck in undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. Among PCAST’s recommendations are ones
calling for the development and teaching of college-level mathematics courses “by faculty from mathematics-intensive disciplines other than mathematics” and for “a new pathway for producing K–12 mathematics teachers…in programs in mathematics-intensive fields other than mathematics.”2 While we are in sharp disagreement with these specific recommendations, we do share PCAST’s concern for the state of STEM education. We encourage the mathematics
community to focus constructively on the broad view the report sketches. We appeal to the community to amplify its communications with other STEM disciplines, to publicize its teaching innovations, and to redouble its efforts to meet the challenges discussed by PCAST. |
| first_indexed | 2024-09-23T15:24:59Z |
| format | Article |
| id | mit-1721.1/116540 |
| institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| last_indexed | 2024-09-23T15:24:59Z |
| publishDate | 2018 |
| publisher | American Mathematical Society (AMS) |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | mit-1721.1/1165402022-09-29T14:38:29Z Mathematicians’ Central Role in Educating the STEM Workforce Friedlander, Eric M. Holm, Tara S. Ewing, John Goldin, Rebecca Jaco, William H. Stevens, T. Christine Thompson, Abigail Vogan, David A Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics Vogan, David A In the recent report Engage to Excel,1 President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) identifies mathematics as a bottleneck in undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. Among PCAST’s recommendations are ones calling for the development and teaching of college-level mathematics courses “by faculty from mathematics-intensive disciplines other than mathematics” and for “a new pathway for producing K–12 mathematics teachers…in programs in mathematics-intensive fields other than mathematics.”2 While we are in sharp disagreement with these specific recommendations, we do share PCAST’s concern for the state of STEM education. We encourage the mathematics community to focus constructively on the broad view the report sketches. We appeal to the community to amplify its communications with other STEM disciplines, to publicize its teaching innovations, and to redouble its efforts to meet the challenges discussed by PCAST. 2018-06-22T20:37:48Z 2018-06-22T20:37:48Z 2012-10 2018-05-31T17:06:01Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0002-9920 1088-9477 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116540 Friedlander, Eric M., Tara S. Holm, John Ewing, Rebecca Goldin, William H. Jaco, T. Christine Stevens, Abigail Thompson, and David Vogan. “Opinion.” Notices of the American Mathematical Society 59, no. 09 (October 1, 2012): 1. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9816-2395 http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/noti902 Notices of the American Mathematical Society Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Mathematical Society (AMS) American Mathematical Society |
| spellingShingle | Friedlander, Eric M. Holm, Tara S. Ewing, John Goldin, Rebecca Jaco, William H. Stevens, T. Christine Thompson, Abigail Vogan, David A Mathematicians’ Central Role in Educating the STEM Workforce |
| title | Mathematicians’ Central Role in Educating the STEM Workforce |
| title_full | Mathematicians’ Central Role in Educating the STEM Workforce |
| title_fullStr | Mathematicians’ Central Role in Educating the STEM Workforce |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mathematicians’ Central Role in Educating the STEM Workforce |
| title_short | Mathematicians’ Central Role in Educating the STEM Workforce |
| title_sort | mathematicians central role in educating the stem workforce |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116540 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9816-2395 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT friedlanderericm mathematicianscentralroleineducatingthestemworkforce AT holmtaras mathematicianscentralroleineducatingthestemworkforce AT ewingjohn mathematicianscentralroleineducatingthestemworkforce AT goldinrebecca mathematicianscentralroleineducatingthestemworkforce AT jacowilliamh mathematicianscentralroleineducatingthestemworkforce AT stevenstchristine mathematicianscentralroleineducatingthestemworkforce AT thompsonabigail mathematicianscentralroleineducatingthestemworkforce AT vogandavida mathematicianscentralroleineducatingthestemworkforce |