SAUM Workshops

Workshop:
ASSESSING THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IN MATHEMATICS

View participating Teams
Leaders: William E. Haver Not Pictured
William E. Haver
Virginia Commonwealth
University 		Laurie Hopkins
Columbia College		 Bernard Madison
University of Arkansas		 Jimmy Solomon
Georgia Southern
University
William Martin
Bonnie Gold
Monmouth University		 William Martin
North Dakota
State University		 Katherine
Safford-Ramus
St. Peters College		 Richard Jardine
Keene State
College

  • First session: March 5-8, 2004, at High Point University in High Point, NC

  • Second session: January 8-10, 2005, in Atlanta, GA

  • Final session: January 10-11, 2006, in San Antonio, TX


In his recent article "The Four A's: Accountability, Accreditation, Assessment, and Articulation," Lynn Steen pointed out that "as higher education has become more important, more prevalent, and more costly, those who pay the bills - administrators, trustees, legislators, parents - are beginning to ask for evidence of value."

With support from the National Science Foundation, the MAA Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics (SAUM) project aims to assist faculty develop effective methods of assessing courses, blocks of courses, or entire programs within the mathematics department, not only to answer the external calls for accountability, but even more important, to assist faculty as they make critical decisions about course and curricular revision. (For more information about SAUM, including the full text of Steen's article, visit http://www.maa.org/saum.)

This three-session workshop, designed for teams of two-three members, will focus on assessment of entire degree programs for undergraduate mathematics majors. For additional information, including application material, visit the PREP site, http://www.maa.org/prep

SAUM is a project of
The Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics
Mathematical Association of America
With support from:
The Assessing Student Achievement Program of DUE
at EHR/NSF Grant # 0127694