CUPM Subcommittee on CALCULUS REFORM AND THE FIRST TWO YEARS (CRAFTY)
Saturday, July 31, 1:00 - 2:50, Williams (HI), Providence, RI

AGENDA
William Barker, Chair of CRAFTY

barker@bowdoin.edu
207 725-3571
207 725-3750 fax

1. Introductions as needed.

2. Brief discussion of Washington DC activities sponsored by CRAFTY. An event will be discussed only if there is a reason to do so.

CRAFTY/MER/AMS Special Session on Mathematics and Education Reform Mini-session in this larger special session.
Organizers: Bill Barker & Naomi Fisher.

"Compromise and Calculus Reform - Calculus Reform in the Long Run"
Panel Discussion.
Organizers: Jack Bookman and Herbert Kasube

"Curricular reforms in client disciplines ---Implications for post-calculus mathematics"
Panel Discussion.
Organizers and Moderators: David Lay and Sheldon Gordon

"What Does Algebra Mean in the Twenty First Century?"
Panel Discussion.
Organizers: Sheldon Gordon, Linda Kime, Ray Collings

"Integrating Mathematics and Other Disciplines"
Paper Session
Organizers: Bill McCallum, David Lay, and Deb Hughes Hallett


3. Discussion of Curriculum Foundations Project.  I have already circulated the project description. The primary goals of the discussion will be:
* Planning for the next set of disciplinary workshops,
* Planning funding strategies.

4. A College Algebra Initiative? There have been numerous calls for action in this area --- we should give serious consideration to these requests. From which CUPM subcommittees (or other MAA committees) should such actions originate?

5. Other business.

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