Program Structure and Results

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Highlights

  • The Math TLC Program has served more than 5000 UW-Stout students since the Fall of 2004.
  • Failure/withdrawal rates have been reduced by 45% in Beginning Algebra (Math 010) and 30% inIntermediate Algebra (Math 110).
  • An estimated 600 more students passed introductory algebra courses than would have passed without the Math TLC program.
  • The fall-to-spring retention rate for first-year students who took remedial math (Math 010) last year exceeded the rate for all first-year students.
  • The Math TLC program has cut the minority student achievement gap by more than 80%.
  • The Math TLC program has received four external grant awards, including a 4-year, $450,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education FIPSE program and over $100,000 in first-year funding from the UW System for a two-year minority achievement gap reduction project.
  • Grant-funded course redesign workshops developed by the Math TLC teaching team have been attended by a total of 57 educators from 31 institutions in 12 states.
  • The UW-Stout Math TLC program was highlighted in the "Bright Ideas" feature of the U.S. Department of Education FIPSE Newsletter in August of 2010.

This work was supported by U.S. Department of Education FIPSE grant number P116B060111