TPSE Math Department Chairs Conference

量化素养不仅对STEM相关的职业，而且在美国人的日常生活中变得越来越重要。教育工作者、政策制定者和其他人都在质疑，如果下一代公民没有为一个更加依赖大数据、分析、计算和解决问题技能的世界做好更好的准备，美国的全球竞争能力将受到质疑。这个项目，与领导团队从改造中学后数学教育（TPSE数学）组，将召开一次会议的数学系主任和学术领导人从不同池的中学后机构在全国各地。会议将促进改革（1）在数学，降低障碍，提高完成率，并重新调整较低的分工途径，和（2）数学和其他领域之间，创建更好地满足学生和雇主的职业需求的上师途径和重塑数学在社会和工作场所的作用。TPSE数学的一个中心前提是，以性别、种族和社会经济地位为标志的代表性不足的社会阶层必须成为这一努力的全面合作伙伴，以加强国家的知识能力和经济领导地位。

Quantitative literacy is becoming increasingly important not only to STEM-related careers but in the everyday lives of Americans. Educators, policy makers, and others are calling into question the United States' ability to compete globally if the next generations of citizens are not better prepared for a world that relies more on big data, analytics, computation, and problem-solving skills. This project, with the leadership team from the Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics (TPSE Math) group, will convene a conference of mathematics department chairs and academic leaders from a diverse pool of postsecondary institutions throughout the country. The conference will catalyze reforms both (1) within mathematics, lowering barriers, raising completion rates, and realigning lower division pathways, and (2) between mathematics and other fields, creating upper division pathways that better meet the career demands of students and employers and reshapes the role of mathematics in society and the workplace. A central premise of TPSE Math is that underrepresented segments of society, as marked by gender, ethnicity, and socio-economic status, must become full partners in this effort in order to strengthen the nation's intellectual capacity and economic leadership.