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It is to be hoped that the near future will bring reforms in the mathematical teaching in this country. We are in sad need of them. From nearly all of our colleges and universities comes the loud complaint of inefficient preparation on the part of students applying for admission; from the high schools comes the same doleful cry. Educators who have studied the work of [foreign] schools declare that our results in elementary iristruction are far inferior.
This is a somewhat expanded version of a paper with a similar title first published in Documenta Mathematica, Extra Volume ICM 1998 III, pp. 777–786. The previously published version is available at http://www.math.uiuc.edu/documenta/xvol-icm/18/Smith.MANItml. I thank the many colleagues who have written thoughtful commentaries on that version, especially Mark Bridger, Murray Eisenberg, Cathy Kessel, Michael Livshits, Richard Mercer, David Olson, Susan Pustejovsky, Nell Raybum, Lynne Small, Lynn Steen, and Tina Straley. If their suggestions are not yet fully implemented, that is not because I reject their opinions but rather because I still have a lot to learn about the subject treated here.
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Smith, D.A. (2000). Renewal in Collegiate Mathematics Education. In: Ganter, S.L. (eds) Calculus Renewal. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4698-3_3
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