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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 igre two-year colleges at their own peril. Ross Taylor, ather 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.

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PublisherSpringer-Verlag New York Inc.

ISBN-101461295718

ISBN-139781461295716

eBay Product ID (ePID)117591148

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Number of Pages491 Pages

Publication NameNew Directions in Two-Year College Mathematics : Proceedings of the Sloan Foundation Conference on Two-Year College Mathematics

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2011

SubjectMathematics

TypeTextbook

AuthorStephen B. Rodi

Subject AreaEducation, Mathematics

FormatTrade Paperback (Us), Paperback

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Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight27.3 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

Height234mm

Width156mm

Weight773g

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Date of Publication01/10/2011

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Place of PublicationNew York, NY

Spine26mm

Edited byDonald J. Albers, Ann E. Watkins, Stephen B. Rodi

GenreMathematics

Country of PublicationUnited States

Content NoteBiography

Edition StatementSoftcover Reprint of the Original 1st Ed. 1985

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New Directions in Two-year College Mathematics by Springer-Verlag New York Inc. (Paperback, 2011)