Colleges to promote statistics over algebra for liberal arts majors

David May is the project director for Advancing Mathematics Pathways for Student Success, a project sponsored by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. Organizers are attempting to coordinate efforts among colleges around the country that are trying to guide more students into statistics. Colleges in at least 15 states have joined the movement. He said the effort in Maryland has made it a “model state.” “I think Maryland is going to be one of the places that we will point to as a place where they’ve gone about it in a good way, getting the faculty involved, getting the state involved, and not having it be a college-by-college effort,” he said.