This brief summarizes recent work by the Texas Transfer Alliance, a collaboration of universities and community colleges in Texas led by the Dana Center since 2018. The brief further highlights some emerging practices from institutions in the state that show promise in improving student success and social mobility.
Implementing and scaling mathematics reforms can leave little time and energy to document and share innovations. A modest data collection tool, and recognition of progress and best practices, can motivate continuous evaluation and improvement.
Broad collaboration across multiple stakeholders and clear guidance from faculty and policymakers produced clearly defined pathways for students to enroll in mathematics courses that will both transfer and apply to their chosen fields of study.
Analysis and “backward mapping” of data illuminate natural pathways students are taking to fulfill their math requirements. This approach informs a state-level data framework to address transfer inconsistencies between two-year and four-year institutions.
Using multiple measures of mathematics readiness to place students, providing “just-in-time” supports, and improving alignment of gateway courses to degree programs show promise to move students to-and-through their degree requirements efficiently.
This report attempts to examine the preparation for calculus on a microscopic level. Researchers tracked the actual enrollment of students in precalculus, calculus, and non-calculus based courses over 20 successive semesters, from fall 1992 to spring 2002.
Student support centers play a key role in helping underprepared and underserved students succeed in gateway mathematics courses. Ongoing tutor training and thoughtful integration of this support with the curriculum structure can pay big dividends.
This resource highlights sample communication and engagement strategies across diverse stakeholder groups.
This PowerPoint is an accompanying resource to "Defining the Content of Support Courses for Underprepared Students" webinar.
The Mathematical Association of America, 2011 Report 2 of 2, This report contains recommendations from representatives of partner disciplines obtained during Phase Two of the "Curriculum Foundations Project: Voices of the Partner Disciplines".
Spotlight: Updated and New Resources
This toolkit contains resources and guidance on the design of course content, pedagogy, and technology, and on working with programs to identify statistics as an appropriate pathway.
This bibliography summarizes selected research that informed each of the DCMP’s six curriculum design standards.