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III The Mathematical Sciences in Education
Pages 117-120

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... Our main con clusion is that there its now a shortage of qualified college teachers of the mathematical sciences, and that this situation is likely to get worse before it gets betters Undergraduate mathematical education in turn depends on mathematical training at the secondary arid elementary school levels. skidded in proof: All our estimates and predictions about future zlumlbers of PhD's Were formulated before the February 1968 issuance of new Selective Service rules affecting graduate students.
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... Lindquist, repeated this survey for academic year 1965-1966, using a questionnaire very similar to Lindquist's for undergraduate education and separate detailed questionnaires for graduate education in mathematics, statistics, and computer science. Taken together, the Lindquist and CBMS studies yield trend information on mathematical education in the four-year colleges and universities of the United States in a depth and extensiveness hitherto unparalleled in studies of higher education for any academic field.
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