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Manil Suri

Manil Suri

Manil Suri is a professor of mathematics and statistics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

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Declines in math readiness underscore the urgency of math awareness

By: - April 4, 2023

When President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Math Awareness Week in April 1986, one of the problems he cited was that too few students were devoted to the study of math. “Despite the increasing importance of mathematics to the progress of our economy and society, enrollment in mathematics programs has been declining at all […]