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How Can We Bring Many More Students to Math, Data and Statistical Literacy?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

in 2015, just 25 percent of 12th-grade students nationwide performed at or above proficiency in math, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Controversies surrounding math education are not, of course, confined to California. Nor are arguments over how math should be taught new. It’s necessary.

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2023 Higher Education Year in Review and 2024 Predictions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 187 with Host Deborah Maue and Guest Dr. Drumm McNaughton

The Change Leader, Inc.

Several large universities, including West Virginia University and the University of Nebraska Lincoln, faced significant budget cuts. Public confidence in higher education also saw a notable decline, with a Gallup poll indicating a drop in faith from 57% in 2015 to 36% in 2023.