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OTICES OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY 1988 Annual AMS-MAA Survey page 533 MAY /JUNE 1989, VOLUME 36, NUMBER 5 Providence, Rhode Island, USA • ISSN 0002-9920 Calendar of AMS Meetings and Conferences Thia calender lists all meetings which have been approved prior to Mathematical Society in the issue corresponding to that of the Notices the date this issue of Notices was sent to the press. The summer which contains the program of the meeting. Abstracts should be sub· and annual meetings are joint meetings of the Mathematical Associ mitted on special forms which are available in many departments of ation of America and the American Mathematical Society. The meet mathematics and from the headquarters office of the Society. Ab ing dates which fall rather far in the future are subject to change; this stracts of papers to be presented at the meeting must be received is particularly true of meetings to which no numbers have been as at the headquarters of the Society in Providence, Rhode Island, on signed. Programs of the meetings will appear in the issues indicated or before the deadline given below for the meeting. Note that the below. First and supplementary announcements of the meetings will deadline for abstracts for consideration for presentation at special have appeared in earlier issues. sessions is usually three weeks earlier than that specified below. For Abatrecta of pepera presented at a meeting of the Society are pub additional information, consult the meeting announcements and the lished in the journal Abstracts of papers presented to the American list of organizers of special sessions. Meetings Abstract Program Meeting# Date Place Deadline Issue 850 • August 7-10, 1989 Boulder, Coloradot Expired July I August (92nd Summer Meeting) 851 • October 21-22, 1989 Hoboken, New Jersey August 16 October 852 • October 27-28, 1989 Muncie, Indiana August 16 October 853 November 18-19, 1989 Los Angeles, California August 16 November 854 January 17-20, 1990 Louisville, Kentucky October 11 December (96th Annual Meeting) March 16-17, 1990 Manhattan, Kansas March 23-24, 1990 Fayetteville, Arkansas April 21-22, 1990 University Park, Pennsylvania August 8-11 , 1990 Columbus, Ohio (93rd Summer Meeting) November 2-3, 1990 Denton, Texas January 16-19, 1991 San Francisco, California (97th Annual Meeting) August 8-11, 1991 Orono, Maine (94th Summer Meeting) January 8-11, 1992 Baltimore, Maryland (98th Annual Meeting) June 29-July 1, 1992 Cambridge, England (Joint Meeting with the London Mathematical Society) January 13-16, 1993 San Antonio, Texas (99th Annual Meeting) January 5-8, 1994 Cincinnati, Ohio (100th Annual Meeting) • Please refer to page 585 for listing of special sessions. t Preregistration/Housing deadline is June 1 Conferences June 3-August 5, 1989: Joint Summer Research August 6-7, 1989: AMS Short Course on Cryptology and Conferences in the Mathematical Sciences, Humboldt Computational Number Theory, Boulder, Colorado State University, Arcata, California August 7, 1989: AMS-SIAM-SMB Symposium on Some July 10-30, 1989: AMS Summer Research Institute on Mathematical Questions in Biology, Sex Allocations and Several Complex Variables and Complex Geometry, Sex Change: Experiments and Models, University of University of California, Santa Cruz, California Toronto. Deadlines July1 August Issue September Issue October Issue November Issue Classified Ads* June 12, 1989 July 31, 1989 Aug 28, 1989 Oct 3, 1989 News Items June 12, 1989 Aug 3, 1989 Aug 29, 1989 Oct 5, 1989 Meeting Announcements.. June 5, 1989 July 27, 1989 Aug 22, 1989 Sept 26, 1989 • Please contact AMS Advertising Department for an Advertising Rate Card for display advertising deadlines. •• For material to appear in the Mathematical Sciences Meetings and Conferences section. OTICES OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY ARTICLES DEPARTMENTS 533 The 1988 Annual AMS-MAA Survey (Second Report) This report includes an update on the number of and the employment 531 Letters to the Editor status of the 1987-1988 new doctorates, as well as information drawn from the surveys on Faculty Mobility and Enrollments and Departmental 568 News and Announcements Size. 579 Funding Information for the Mathematical Sciences 540 Setting Scientific Priorities NSF Advisory Committee Examines the Issues 581 Meetings and Conferences of the AMS (Listing) Allyn Jackson reports on the recent meeting of the NSF Advisory Committee for the mathematical sciences. The Committee debated the 591 1989 AMS Elections tough question of setting priorities in research funding. (Nominations by Petition) 593 Mathematical Sciences 542 Is There a Role for Mathematicians in Math Education? Meetings and Conferences This article by Herb Clemens, based on a colloquium talk given by the author at the University of Utah, addresses the question of establishing 604 New AMS Publications a political base for mathematics education in the U.S. 614 AMS Reports and Communications FEATURE COLUMNS Recent Appointments, 614 Reports of Past Meetings, 614 545 Computers and Mathematics Jon Barwise 616 Miscellaneous This month's column features Alex Feldman's article on ""functional"" Personal Items, 616 programming languages, Rod Smart's description of the computational Deaths, 616 environment at the University of Wisconsin's mathematics department, John F. Sallee's review of True BASIC, Walter D. Neumann's review of 617 Visiting Mathematicians UBASIC, and David Hartz' review of two Macintosh programs, DEGraph and Phase Portraits. 620 Backlog of Mathematics Research Journals 562 Inside the AMS 623 New Members of the AMS This month's column includes reports from the AMS Secretary, 639 Classified Advertising Robert M. Fossum, and Treasurer, Franklin P. Peterson, as well as a loa~ at the Committee on Academic Freedom, Tenure and Employment 653 Forms Security by its chairman Barbara Osofsky. 566 Washington Outlook Kenneth M. Hoffman Hans J. Oser examines the competition for the federal government's 1990 R & D budget and the effects this will have on support for science research and education. MAY/JUNE 1989, VOLUME 36, NUMBER 5 529 The Year of National Dialogue AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY in Mathematics Education Issues surrounding mathematics education and the talent flow into science, EDITORIAL COMMITTEE engineering, and mathematics are central topics of discussion in several groups Robert J. Blattner, Michael G. Crandall within the mathematics community. This is the beginning of what is hoped Robert M. Fossum (Chairman) community. To this end, the Lucy J. Garnett, D. J. Lewis to be an intense dialogue involving the entire Nancy K. Stanton, Robert E. L. Turner Mathematical Sciences Education Board has designated 1990 as "The Year of National Dialogue for Mathematics Education." A national dialogue means MANAGING EDITOR INTERIM that there will be efforts by many groups to organize discussions of reports, James W. Maxwell activities and issues as they concern mathematics education. What is the role ASSOCIATE EDITORS of the Society in this dialogue and, more generally, in addressing issues of Ronald L. Graham, Special Articles mathematics education? Jeffrey C. Lagarias, Special Articles SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION The Society has been asked by other professional mathematical organizations (1989) are Subscription prices for Volume 36 of AMS programs related to mathematics education $108 list; $86 institutional member; $65 individual to provide descriptions member. (The subscription price for members is and of its future plans in this area. And, very directly, the Society has been included in the annual dues.) A late charge of challenged to provide active leadership on certain issues of mathematics ed 10% of the subscription price will be imposed ucation. upon orders received from nonmembers after January 1 of the subscription year. Add for post age: Surface delivery outside the United States New things are happening at the Society relative to mathematics education. and lndia-$10; to lndia-$20; expedited deliv The Society has been represented at workshops and at public discussions else ery to destinations in North America-$15; education. It has endorsed and supported in various where-$38. Subscriptions and orders for AMS concerning mathematics publications should be addressed to the Amer ways actions of organizations within the Conference Board of Mathematical ican Mathematical Society, P.O. Box 1571, An Sciences. The AMS co-sponsors UME TRENDS, which provides news and nex Station, Providence, Rl 02901-9930. All or reports on undergraduate mathematics education. Notices brings important ders must be prepaid. news items about mathematics education to the membership, as well as fea ADVERTISING ture articles that address concerns of mathematics education. For example, Notices publishes situations wanted and classi this issue of Notices contains a thought-provoking article by Herb Clemens fied advertising, and display advertising for pub on the role of mathematicians in education reform. There is a new Society lishers and academic or scientific organizations. to liaison with other organizations in addressing the education Copyright @ 1989 by the American Mathemat committee such as the ical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in the issues before the community and to provide a focus for activities United States of America. Society's participation in the International Science and Engineering Fair and The paper used in this journal is acid-free and the "High School Lecture Series." The most direct challenge to the Society, falls