Uri Treisman, From Nice to Necessary: Equity-Minded Reform in Turbulent Times
Channel: IAS | Park City Mathematics Institute | PCMI
Date: 2018-07-11

From Nice to Necessary: Equity-Minded Reform in Turbulent Times
Uri Treisman, Charles A. Dana Center, The University of Texas at Austin

I’ll describe current trends in the modernization of postsecondary math education and the economic, political, and demographic forces shaping them.

Presented at the Presented at the 28th Annual PCMI Summer Session will be held July 1–21, 2018, at the Prospector Conference Center in Park City, Utah. The residential, three-week Summer Session is the flagship activity of the IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute (PCMI), an outreach program of the Institute for Advanced Study. The 2018 research theme is Harmonic Analysis.

The PCMI Summer Session is an intensive program that includes several parallel sets of activities aimed at different groups of participants across the entire mathematics community. These activities include a program for mathematics researchers, eight mini-courses for graduate students on topics related to harmonic analysis, two lecture series for undergraduate students, a program for faculty from predominantly undergraduate institutions, a workshop on equity and mathematics education for undergraduate faculty, and a professional development program for K–12 school teachers. All of PCMI’s groups meet simultaneously, pursuing individual courses of study and a meaningful amount of interaction both scientifically and socially.

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