| The purpose of this thesis is to identify the key components for assessing undergraduate mathematics programs. These will be used to develop a tool that mathematics departments can apply with relative ease, which will provide an outcome in the form of advice specifically tailored to help them best respond to the varying needs of their changing student population. This tool has been designed for smaller two- and four-year colleges in Midwest states. The first part of this tool consists of a set of questions that these math departments should ask themselves so that they may ascertain whether they are meeting the needs of their students. The second part of this tool consists of a list of reforms. Once a math department has established the answers to the questions from the first part of the tool, it can determine its weaknesses and match them with the reforms in the second part. |
