Realizing the Vision:
Quantitative Literacy
Welcome to the information
and open forum discussion site for the Quantitative Literacy (QL)
task force. This site provides one way for the Task Force to:
• Inform the campus community of our discussions
• Obtain feedback through an electronic dialogue and
• Address your questions or concerns.
As we move toward our November deadline for the submission of
a final report to the campus community, this site will be an important
venue for an ongoing critical analysis of our work.
We encourage you to carefully review the charge to the committee.
This will help make clear the material that will be posted over
the coming weeks. At this site, you will also find a list of the
Task Force members. We encourage you to use these individuals
as additional resources for clarifying information and communicating
with the Task Force.
To date the Task Force has hosted one open forum, two meetings,
and a two-day retreat of the full committee. In addition, we have
met with selected campus constituents and gathered evidence that
has helped define the various questions that the Task Force needs
to address.
The work of the Task Force is based on several fundamental suppositions
that, in part, recognize there is a collective, campus-wide, responsibility
for ensuring the quantitative skills of MSU graduates. In addition,
it is clear that all students must leave MSU with a level of quantitative
knowledge and understanding, as well as an ability to apply this
knowledge, beyond what they entered with.
Toward this end the Task Force has drafted a set of standards
or domains of knowledge that define the various competencies of
a quantitatively literate individual. From this, a working definition
of QL has been developed. With these as a foundation, the committee
is now beginning discussions of curricular model(s), assessment,
and the structures and resources necessary to support both the
model(s) and their assessment.
In the coming weeks we will be announcing a second open forum
for faculty, staff, and students. In addition, we will be presenting
at the Student Success conference, meeting with the Council of
Deans, and updating the Academic Council. We look forward to your
input.
Sincerely,
Doug Estry and Joan Ferrini-Mundy
Co-Chairs
Quantitative Literacy Task Force
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