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This might go over differently at a liberal arts school, but we've had some success inviting students to an optional, uncredited program where they work in groups on fun problems from various topics ...

For both options below, first and foremost the Math Department should be institutionally Friendly In my book this means letting students try to do what they want. Err on the side of bending policy ...

I wrote to a professor of mathematics at a liberal arts college that has, in recent years, found great success in attracting more math majors. Here are lightly edited excerpts from the two emails I ...

Here is one very easy thing that has gotten good results at the University of Michigan: Every term , a few weeks before the end of the term, our director of undergraduate studies sends an e-mail to ...

There is quite a bit of literature under the banner "humanizing mathematics" (or cognate phrases). I am just beginning to read this literature, so I can do no more than point to a few references. This ...

This is a fairly minor issue, but probably worth a mention. At a technical university there was (and probably still is) a question about how to attract more female students. One aspect was the ...

My advice is to emphasize the "get a job" aspect. The university is filled with the dreamy beauty of knowledge stuff. (And that's fine. But you need to distinguish yourself and provide additional ...

One very brief answer is to have multiple entry points to the major, or even just to taking more courses. That is to say, at many colleges the typical Calc I-II-III entry sequence may not be attended ...

Kinematics is easiest conceptual example of derivative and something everyone has visceral physical experience with (acceleration, speed, position). Optimization (particularly business or ...