SStF Arkansas Math Pathways

Welcome to the Arkansas Mathematics Pathways website! This site was created to support state and institutional efforts of the Arkansas Math Pathways Task Force. Resources, tools, and events are highlighted on this site to provide a centralized, online platform to support implementation and scale of mathematics pathways across Arkansas's higher education institutions.

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Strong Start to Finish Arkansas: Scaling English & Math Co-Requisite Supports

In November 2018, Arkansas was announced as a new addition to the Strong Start to Finish (SStF) network of systems implementing developmental education reforms. The Kresge Foundation awarded the Arkansas Department of Higher Education in partnership with Arkansas Community Colleges (ACC) a grant to help students at 32 Arkansas institutions successfully start – and finish – college. Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson allocated a matching grant toward the effort.

The goal is to help more students successfully pass math and English in their first year, which has been identified to increase their likelihood to graduate.

SStF Arkansas dashboard of upcoming events, past events, resources, and announcements:

https://www.dcmathpathways.org/Arkansas-SSTF

Support Students to Enroll in the Right Math Course for their Degree/Program of Study

In 2018, the Arkansas Department of Higher Education and Arkansas Course Transfer System Mathematics Review Committee issued recommendations to guide institutions as they work to align degrees/programs of study to Quantitative Literacy/Mathematical Reasoning (ACTS Course MATH1113) as the general education math requirement.

Students in the following majors should be enrolled in Quantitative Literacy/Mathematical Reasoning as their general education/gateway math course:

  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
  • English Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies, and Humanities
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services
  • Public Administration and Social Services
  • Visual and Performing Arts
  • History
  • Sociology, Political Science
  • Elementary Education K-6
  • Special Education
  • Middle Level Education (Language Arts & Social Sciences)

Watch this helpful video to support conversations with students of the right math course for their degree/program of study. Created by Amy Benzi (2020).