Other Sources of Data in the Mathematical Sciences

Special Reports

CBMS2005 Survey: Statistical Abstract of Undergraduate Programs in the Mathematical Sciences in the United States
by David J. Lutzer, Stephen B. Rodi, Ellen E. Kirkman and James W. Maxwell

The CBMS2005 survey collected data on enrollment, curriculum, bachelors degrees granted, course availability and faculty demographics using a stratified random sample of the roughly 2,500 programs and departments of mathematics and statistics in two and four-year colleges and universities in the United States. Furthermore, the CBMS2005 survey collected detailed information about first-year courses in calculus and statistics. In addition, special one-time topics included: the continuing impact of the calculus-reform movement; the mathematical education of pre-service K - 8 teachers; academic resources available to undergraduates; dual enrollment, a relatively new way for high school students to receive college credit for courses taken in high school; mathematics in the general education curriculum; requirements of the national mathematics major; and assessment practices in college and university mathematics and statistics departments. Copies of reports of the 1990, 1995 and 2000 CBMS surveys are also available.

AMS Special Reports

• Changes in Mathematics Faculty Composition, Fall 1990 to Fall 1996 - Notices, November 1997
• Recent Trends in Graduate Admissions in Mathematics Departments
• Towards Excellence: Leading a Mathematics Department into the 21st Century
  
  The American Mathematical Society Task Force on Excellence

Web Sites of Interest

FedStats
FedStats is the new window on the full range of official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government. Access official statistics collected and published by more than 70 federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them.

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
NCES, a part of the U.S. Department of Education, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations.

National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) Information Center
NCHEMS is a private, non-profit organization whose mission is to improve strategic decision making in higher education for states and institutions in the United Stated and abroad. This web site is part of this ongoing effort, and contains comparative data for states and counties, as well as useful contextual information.

NSF's Science Resource Studies Survey Reports
SRS designs, supports, and directs about 14 periodic surveys as well as a variety of other data collections and research projects. These surveys yield the materials for SRS staff to compile, analyze, and disseminate quantitative information about domestic and international resources devoted to science, engineering, and technology. Each year SRS produces about 30 publications.

Appreciation of Women in Science (AWIS)
AWIS collects data that is comparative for women including data such as undergraduate enrollments in mathematics, and high school course enrollments for the whole population.

Articles of Interest

Has the Women-in-Mathematics Problem Been Solved? - Notices, November 2004

Stay Rates of Foreign Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities, 2005 by Michael G. Finn , Science and Engineering Education Program, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education

Questions about surveys and data should be sent to annualsurvey@ams.org.