CBMS Forum on The First Two Years of College Math: Building Student Success

Reflections: Where do we go from here?

Mental Map

Department

College

Society

Mental Map

Department

College

Society

Here be Dragons

Communication

Department

College

Society

Business as usual

Communication

Department

College

Society

Unusual: Direct and pointed messages to Mathematics Community (eg, PCAST)

Communication

Chair

Dean

Society

Challenge/Opportunity:more effective internalcommunication

Key to Effective Communication

• Know your audience

Key to Effective Communication

• Know your audience• Don’t ask for the Dean’s help to solve your problem…

Key to Effective Communication

• Know your audience• Don’t ask for the Dean’s help to solve your problem…• …rather, show the Dean how you can help solve his problem!

Sympathy for the Devil

Sympathy for the Devil Dean

Sympathy for the Devil Dean

• A Man of Wealth and Taste

Sympathy for the Devil Dean

• A Man of Wealth and Taste• Wealth = Exercise of Budget Authority• Taste = Responsibility to Advance Institutional Mission

Institutional Mission (Big State U. Version)• Students• Scholarship• Engagement• Stewardship

Institutional Mission (Big State U. Version)• Students• Scholarship• Engagement• Stewardship

Students are part of every post-secondary institution’s mission

Institutional Mission (Big State U. Version)• Students• Scholarship• Engagement• Stewardship

Students are part of every post-secondary institution’s mission

And so is good stewardship of public/private resources

Punchline

• Deans will be highly receptive to any plan that significantly improves• Single course success rates• Persistence of students through mathematics courses• Timely completion of degree programs

Punchline

• Deans will be highly receptive to any plan that significantly improves• Single course success rates• Persistence of students through mathematics courses• Timely completion of degree programs

• Differential investment is based on trust and credibility

Punchline

• Deans will be highly receptive to any plan that significantly improves• Single course success rates• Persistence of students through mathematics courses• Timely completion of degree programs

• Differential investment is based on trust and credibility• Trust is retrospective: based on past performance

Punchline

• Deans will be highly receptive to any plan that significantly improves• Single course success rates• Persistence of students through mathematics courses• Timely completion of degree programs

• Differential investment is based on trust and credibility• Trust is retrospective: based on past performance• Credibility is prospective: depends on benchmarking against peer

institutions, grounding the plan in unimpeachable sources, addresses local/state/national needs

Scaling Up: from local to global

• Apparent paradox: lots of local innovation yet no systemic change

Scaling Up: from local to global

• Apparent paradox: lots of local innovation yet no systemic change• Strong forces make the status quo stable

Scaling Up: from local to global

• Apparent paradox: lots of local innovation yet no systemic change• Strong forces make the status quo stable• Comparably strong forces must be brought to bear to effect change

Scaling Up: from local to global

• Apparent paradox: lots of local innovation yet no systemic change• Strong forces make the status quo stable• Comparably strong forces must be brought to bear to effect change• Beyond the reach of any chair/academic leader to change working in

isolation

Scaling Up: from local to global

• Apparent paradox: lots of local innovation yet no systemic change• Strong forces make the status quo stable• Comparably strong forces must be brought to bear to effect change• Beyond the reach of any chair/academic leader to change working in

isolation• What to do?

Mental Map

Chair

Dean

CBMS, TPSECarnegie, Dana Ctr, NSF, NRC

Develop structure to enhance credibility

Mental Map

Chair

Dean

CBMS, TPSECarnegie, Dana Ctr, NSF, NRC

“Scale not with fidelitybut with integrity”