The Dana Center builds honest, open, two-way bridges of communication, collaboration, and partnership with other leading organizations in the field. We prioritize collaborations that strengthen our vision and contribute to making our work visible, understood, valued and adopted as normative practice across the country.

We work closely with major professional associations of mathematicians and higher education leaders to advance the goals of the Dana Center. We also convene stakeholders across disciplines to influence the field and advance reform efforts in tangible ways.

Mathematics course materials

The careful design of curriculum and pedagogy has the power to change students’ lives. The Dana Center’s current higher education curricular resources serve three aligned mathematics pathways: quantitative reasoning, introductory statistics, and the path to calculus.

Every year, millions of students enroll in community colleges with the goal of transferring to a 4-year university and completing a bachelor’s degree. In fact, 80% of community college students identify transfer as an academic goal. However, only 33% of community college students ever end up transferring and only 14% of an entering community college cohort completes a bachelor’s degree within six years (Jenkins & Fink 2016).

Higher education stakeholders across the country have identified a major contributing factor to poor outcomes in student retention, completion, and social mobility – mathematics. A clear body of research suggests traditional college mathematics is a significant barrier to degree completion for all fields of study.

Resources and Support for Science Educators

Through the Dana Center's professional learning opportunities, science educators can continue to hone their classroom instruction. Drawing from the latest educational research and standards, our professional learning sessions for science teachers provide access to an array of support, tools, and resources.