Welcome to Alverno College’s Quantitative Reasoning web page. This page has been created to give educators information about a National Science Foundation Grant (Grant #9653689) awarded to Alverno College and to provide information about the College’s three-year project currently entering its second year developed to strengthen mathematical and quantitative reasoning skills of its students.

    The specific goals of this site are to provide:

    • Information on Alverno’s grant award by the National Science Foundation (NSF)

    • Information on Alverno’s goals toward improving quantitative literacy among its student population

    • Information on Alverno’s criteria for quantitative literacy in its curriculum

    • Contact information relating to the grant awarded by the National Science Foundation and Alverno’s quantitative literacy curriculum. The Principal Investigators at Alverno College are Susan F. Pustejovsky, Mathematics Department, and Suzanne M. Mente, Instructional Services.

    In addition, this site will provide information on:

    • Alverno College's Ability-Based Education philosophy
    • Alverno College's History Regarding Quantitative Literacy in its Curriculum
    • Alverno College's Intentions of Continued Development of Higher Standards for Quantitative Literacy

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