A Challenge of Numbers describes the circumstances and issues centered on people in the mathematical sciences, principally students and teachers at U.S. colleges and universities. A healthy flow of mathematical talent is crucial not only to the future of U.S. mathematics but also as a keystone supporting a technological workforce. Trends in the mathematical sciences' most valuable resourceits peopleare presented narratively, graphically, and numerically as an information base for policymakers and for those interested in the people in this not very visible, but critical profession.
Table of Contents
Front Matter 1 Introduction and Historical Perspective 2 The U.S. Labor Force and Higher Education 3 College and University Mathematical Sciences 4 Majors in Mathematics and Statistics 5 Mathematical Scientists in the Workplace 6 Issues and Implications Bibliography Appendix Tables
1 Front Matter; 2 1 Introduction and Historical Perspective; 3 2 The
U.S. Labor Force and Higher Education; 4 3 College and University
Mathematical Sciences; 5 4 Majors in Mathematics and Statistics; 6 5
Mathematical Scientists in the Workplace; 7 6 Issues and Implications; 8
Bibliography; 9 Appendix Tables
Bernard L. Madison for the Committee on the Mathematical Sciences in the Year 2000, National Research Council
