(PC)2: Personal Computers/Pre-Calculus

曼哈顿社区学院是一所大型的城市两年制大学，学生人数三分之二是女性，80%以上是少数民族。凭借1989-91年的NSF微积分改革补助金，他们成功地吸引和留住了更多的妇女和少数族裔进入微积分序列。这是通过在微积分I、II和III的基础上增加基于特雷斯曼模型的计算机协作研讨会来实现的。越来越明显的是，为了招募和留住女性和少数族裔，该项目必须从更早的水平开始；因此，他们正在推动他们的成功努力回到微积分之前的水平。随着计算机支持的增加，他们正在吸引更多的妇女和少数民族，并为他们在数学、科学和技术领域的职业做好准备。

Borough of Manhattan Community College is a large urban two- year college whose student body is two-third female, and over 80% minority. With a 1989-91 NSF Calculus Reform Grant they have succeeded in attracting and retaining more women and minorities in the Calculus sequence. This was accomplished by adding computer-based collaborative workshops, based on the Treismann model, to Calculus I, II, and III. It has become increasingly clear that to recruit and retain women and minorities the program must begin at an earlier level; so they are pushing their successful efforts back to the precalculus level. With increased computer support they are attracting and preparing more women and minorities for careers in mathematics, science, and the technologies.