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Look for These Recently Published MAA Books THE NEWSLETTER OF THE MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA VOLUME 3 NUMBER 3 MAY-JUNE 1983 Prospects for Mathematics Funding Brighten William H. Pell " ... Weknow now that the post-sputnik emphasis on math funding which culminated last year in the abolition of the and science should not have been abandoned. "-Senator NSF Directorate of Engineering and Science Education. Lawton Chiles (D,FL) in a speech before the Chief State The increases for the support of research, on the other School Officers and National Association of State Boards of hand, are not without presage. Both of the preceding Reagan Education. budgets, as well as the final Carter budget, were somewhat After more than a decade of large cutbacks in the support more generous in funding research than was generally the of science education and of meager increases in the funding case during most of the seventies. It is true, however, that of basic research in the mathematical sciences, the Federal funds for the support of research in the mathematical sci­ government, in its FY 1984 budget request to the Congress, ences did increase throughout that decade, but rarely at a has proposed new funding for improving the teaching of rate sufficient to counter inflation. mathematics, science, and engineering and surprisingly large increases in the support of research in mathematical and Science Education Bills Before Congress computer sciences. The Administration's new commitment to science educa­ The sudden about-face of the Administration with respect tion is relatively modest, but what is enormously encourag­ to science education comes as a surprise, following as it ing is that interest in a strong new commitment to upgrading does a decade of discontinued programs and decreased the caliber of teaching and the performance of students in the sciences at all levels of the educational spectrum is not limited to the Executive Branch. Congress also appears greatly alarmed over the increasingly inadequate educational prod­ uct of our schools and the serious and growing shortage of qualified teachers. Concern over these educational problems surfaced in the last session of the 97th Congress when more than two dozen bills dealing with science education were introduced. (continued on page 2) Meeting Program Inside The center section of this issue contains the program and housing and preregistration forms for the MAA Summer Meeting which will be held August 8-11,1983 at the State • University of New York at Albany. Note: These are the only ~_. preregistration and housing forms thatwillbe mailed to MAA members for this meeting. The meeting will feature the Earle Raymond Hedrick Lec­ tures by Elias M. Stein of Princeton University, six mini­ A summer scene on the campus of the State University of New York courses, three contributed paper sessions, and many other at Albany. site of the MAA Summer Meeting. The pool In the fore­ attractive meeting events. See the program for complete ground Is bordered by the Lecture Centers where meeting 88s810ns information. will be held. 2 Prospects (continued from page 1) the passage of science education legislation. However, because of a large amount of essential business, Summary Congress was unable to devote sufficient attention to any of these bills and none were enacted. Many of these, or modi­ One may therefore say that the prospects for Federal sup­ fications thereof, have now been introduced in the first ses­ port of research and science education in FY 1984are roughly sion of the 98th Congress and it seems almost certain that as follows: a strong increase in the funding of research in unless science education becomes the innocent victim of an the mathematical and computer sciences at NSF, but little unrelated Congressional brawl, some sort of science edu­ change at other agencies; reinstatement of relatively major cation bill will become law during this session. funding at NSF and ED for programs to strengthen instruc­ The front-running bill is H.R. 1310, "The Emergency Math­ tion in mathematics and computer science. ematics and Science Education and Jobs Act and the National Engineering and Science Personnel and Jobs Creation Act William H. Pell is the former Head of the Mathematical Sci­ of 1983." This bill, which passed the House on March 2, ences Section of the National Science Foundation. The infor­ incorporates the substantive provisions of bills introduced mation in this article was current as of April 1, 1983. last year by Representatives Carl Perkins (D,KY) and Don Fuqua (D,FL). It authorizes $425 million: $295 million to the Department of Education (ED) and $130 million to NSF. Of Additions to the 1982 the ED funds, $250 million would go to the states as grants based on school-age population and could be used flexibly Greater MAA Fund List for planning, training, and improvement of science educa­ The following names should be added to the list of con­ tion; the rest would be disbursed at the post-secondary level tributors to the Greater MAA Fund that appeared in the March­ for teacher scholarships and summer institutes for teachers. April 1983 issue of FOCUS: Grand Benefactors Anonymous The NSF money would provide' grants to colleges and uni­ in memory of Norman Steenrod; Grand Patrons Ivan Niven; versities (competitively) to upgrade teaching in mathemat­ Sponsors Marilyn Zweng; Contributing Members Phillip ics, science, and foreign languages. Grants would require Bender, Leon Luey; Sustaining Members Willie Green, Anto­ matching funds. nio leno. Roughly a dozen bills that focus tightly on science edu­ cation have been introduced in the Senate. There is some feeling that S.530, Senator Claiborne Pell's (D,RI) "Educa­ tion for Economic Security Act," is somewhat ahead of the pack, since it has numerous Democratic co-sponsors and the support of Senator Robert Stafford (R,VT). This measure would provide $400 million annually to educational institu­ tions to upgrade education in mathematics, science, com­ puter instruction, foreign languages, and vocational instruc­ tion. Funds would be disbursed by state educational agencies. I •••• Movement of any bill through the Senate is likely to be FOCUS (ISSN 0731-2040) is published by the Mathematical fraught with considerable difficulty for several reasons: over­ Association of America, 1529 Eighteenth Street, NW., Wash­ lapping jurisdiction over NSF by committees and subcom­ ington, D.C. 20036, five times a year: January-February, March­ mittees, the desire of sponsors of bills to espouse a popular April, May-June, September-October, November-December. cause, and the blurry lines of authority between NSF and ED. Editor: Marcia Peterson Sward, MAA Associate Director. Associate Editors: Charles A. Cable, Allegheny College; James R. C. Leitzel, Ohio State University; Stephen B. Maurer, Increases in Funding for Research Swarthmore College and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The increases in the Administration's FY 1984 budget Chairman of the MAA Newsletter Editorial Committee: request for basic research in mathematics, the physical sci­ Ronald M. Davis, Northern Virginia Community College. ences, and engineering seem to reflect a strong effort to Readers are invited to submit articles, announcements, or concentrate resources in areas of research which undergird Letters to the Editor for possible publication in FOCUS. All high-tech industry and long-term defense needs. The NSF materials should be sent to the Editor at the MAA Headquar­ ters in Washington, D.C. will be the major beneficiary of the largess, if authorized and appropriated, in both the mathematical and computer sci­ The annual subscription price for FOCUS to individual mem­ bers of the Association is $1, included as a part of the annual ences. Since that agency is almost the sole supporter of core dues. Annual dues for regular members (exclusive of annual (pure) mathematics, the result will be a strong infusion for subscription prices for MAA journals) are $20. Student, unem­ core mathematics. Computer science does about as well as ployed, emeritus, and family members receive a 50% dis­ the mathematical sciences at NSF (21.5% increase over FY count; new members receive a 30% discount for the first two years of membership. 1983 for mathematics; 19.1% for computer research). Increases in funding for the mathematical sciences at other Copyright e by the Mathematical Association of America (Incorporated), 1983. Federal agencies are uneven and hardly enough to counter Second-class postage paid at Washington, D.C. and addi­ inflation. The largest increases are generally for computer tional mailing offices. science-related activities, but even these are not often over Postmaster: Send address changes to Membership/Subscrip­ 10%. tions Department, Mathematical Association of America, 1529 The budget process for NSF is proceeding apace. At this Eighteenth Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 20036. time, the outlook seems favorable for the NSF budget to sail Printed in the United States of America. through intact or even with a sizable addition resulting from 3 Congress Approves NSF 83 Science Education Plan International Congress The National Science Foundation's plan for spending the Rescheduled for August 83 $15 million that is in its FY 1983 budget for science and The International Congress of Mathematicians, post­ mathematics education has just been approved by Congress. poned from August 1982, will be held at the Palace of The plan calls for (1) $12 million for the development of Culture, Warsaw, Poland, August 16-24, 1983. Details materials and models for the continuing professional devel­ about the program and travel and housing information opment of teachers and the improvement of their instruction, appeared in the February 1983 issue of the Notices of and (2) $3 million for a teacher incentives program. Funds the American Mathematical Society. Copies of the Third may be carried over into FY 1984. Announcement may be obtained from: Organizing The first component of the plan will support, on a nation­ Committee, Institute of Mathematics of the Polish ally competitive basis, development of: Academy of Sciences, Sniadeckich 8, P.O.
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