The Forum on Community College Mathematics (CBMS; Oct 6-7, 2014)

The Conference Board of Mathematical Sciences (CBMS) is a collaborative effort of about a dozen professional organizations in mathematics (including AMATYC and MAA, as well as AMS).  Based on the CBMS view of current events, the group sponsors a Forum on issues related to those events; for example, Forum 4 was related to the Common Core.

This October, the CBMS is offering Forum 5 on “The First Two Years of College Math: Building Student Success”, to be held in Reston (Virginia) on October 6 and 7.  You can see the program at http://cbmsweb.org/Forum5/ .  A unique feature of the Forum is that the breakout sessions are scheduled based on the wishes of those registering; during the registration process, you can select from the 18 offered sessions.  These are in addition to the plenary sessions.

Of course, I have a personal interest in this Forum … I will be doing one of the breakout sessions along with our friends Uri Treisman (Dana Center) and Bernadine Fong (Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching).  Our session is #5, with a title “Increasing Student Success: New Math Pathways To and Through Gateway Mathematics Course“.  We are doing this session together because the work the 3 of us lead has had a long history of collaboration and mutual support; our projects are consistent with each other … more importantly, essential aspects of our goals are the same.

As is normal, travel funds are always a challenge.  In the case of the Forums, the CBMS has some funds to support those who wish to attend the forum.  During the registration process, you indicate your interest in these funds.  Priority is given to small teams (‘2 or 3 participants’) from the same institution.

I am really looking forward to “Forum 5” on the first two years of college mathematics.  Perhaps you can consider attending as well!

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