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The Mathematical
Association of America (MAA) is the largest professional society of college and
university faculty in the world. Along with two-and
four-year college and university faculty, the roughly 30,000 Association members
include high school teachers, government and corporate
professionals,
research mathematicians, and graduate and undergraduate students. The MAA
sponsors two national meetings a year, one held jointly in the winter with the
American Mathematical Society, and a summer MathFest. The Association has
twenty-nine sections throughout the United States and
Canada, providing a regional base and strong support among members. The
mission and tradition of the MAA have four major goals: to stimulate effective
teaching and learning, to foster an atmosphere of professional development, to
enhance student interests and talents, and to influence institutional and public
policy. In addition to its meetings, the
Association uses
workshops, publications, and teacher education activities to foster its mission.
The encouragement of underrepresented minorities to enter mathematics is one of
its main goals. |
