Now 70 percent of high school students matriculate to college whereas 20 years ago only 30 percent of high school graduates went on to college. Today's issues are more diverse and complex than primarily interesting women in mathematically-dependent fields. The issues are about sustaining interest in continuing in mathematics and changing the culture so that women are welcomed into mathematics-dependent professions.
Access is a major issue.
This group of project directors, most of whom are MAA members, are interested in gaining expertise in how to better conduct their programs and sharing ideas about what they are doing. It would take advantage of the World wide Web and other electronic communication systems. More than 60 persons attended the CPW panel on Intervention Programs at the January 1996 meeting in Orlando and more than 30 attended a similar case study session in Seattle in August 1996. These panels provoked lively discussions. Participants were eager for more information.