MathFest 2025 Session on Equity-Minded Placement Practices and Strategies in Undergraduate Mathematics

[Allan Donsig]

Hello:

There is a Contributed Paper Session on "Equity Minded Placement Practices and Strategies in Undergraduate Mathematics" at Mathfest 2025, Aug 6-9 in Sacramento, CA. Abstracts for 15 minute talks are due April 15 and can be submitted from: https://maa.org/events/maa-mathfest-2025-abstract-submissions/

For more on MathFest 2025, see: https://maa.org/event/mathfest/

      Allan

Description of this session:

Placement and entry-level courses are the first touchpoints a mathematics department has with its incoming students.  To set up students for success, careful and innovative design is needed, including not only attention to mathematical content but also to equity, so all students are included and have the resources they need for success.  This session focuses on initiatives, projects, and activities by the instructors, departments, and institutions which address either student success in entry-level courses or placement and advising for incoming students, including transfer students. We are particularly interested in how to implement specific strategies and evaluate their effectiveness.

We also invite researchers who have contributed to improving the forward and upward movement of so-called “underprepared” students via equity-minded strategies at the classroom-, department-, college- and institutional-level.  For placement, possible topics include integrating equity and accessibility in placement, assessing placement effectiveness, placing and supporting non-traditional students, and allowing students to improve their placement. Original research, expositions, innovative ideas, and projects are welcome.

Organizers

Emily Gismervig, University of Washington Bothell

Rejoice Akapame, University of Washington Bothell

Nicole Hoover, University of Washington Bothell 

Luke Tunstall, Trinity University

Junalyn Navarra Madsen, Texas Woman's University

Allan Donsig, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Sponsor: MAA Committee on Articulation and Placement