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1972
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NYSMATYC endorsed the American Association of
University Professors Statement on Academic Freedom and Tenure.
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1973
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NYSMATYC supported the SUNY policy of giving
preferential treatment in hiring to retrenched faculty members and
recommended that its member institutions adopt this policy.
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1973
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NYSMATYC took a position of opposition to the
New York Assembly Bill 11744 and to the appropriate New York Senate Bill.
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1974
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NYSMATYC supported the April 22, 1974 action
of the new Board of Higher Education of City University of New York in
rescinding the tenure quotas imposed by the previous Board of Higher
Education on October 29, 1973.
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1974
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NYSMATYC recommended that the New York State
Teacher Certification Board increase the number of hours for certification of
high school mathematics teachers from 18 to 24 hours with the equivalent of
one full year of calculus.
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1977
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NYSMATYC organized a combined effort with MAA,
AMS, AMTNYS, and NCTM to appeal to the State Education Department of NYS to
reconsider the minimum college mathematics requirements for both Elementary
(K-6) and Junior High School (7-9) Teacher Certification.
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1979
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NYSMATYC called for improving the standards
for statewide certification of elementary teachers by adding a mathematics
requirement of at least six credit hours of college level mathematics.
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1981
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NYSMATYC endorsed the "Core
Mathematics" definition as contained in the report entitled
"Minimum Competency in Mathematics of Two-Year College Graduates"
prepared by the Curriculum Committee of NYSMATYC (April 1981).
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1982
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Established NYSMATYC as an advisory source for
state and city organizations responsible for mathematics-related issues in
New York State.
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1982
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NYSMATYC endorsed the establishment of a
comprehensive statewide program for the identification and education of
mathematically gifted students.
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1985
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NYSMATYC passed a resolution recommending that
mathematics courses offered at two-year colleges at a level below intermediate
algebra (or Course III) be classified as remedial courses.
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1988
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NYSMATYC passed a resolution concerned with
the offering of Calculus for college credit in high schools.
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1988
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NYSMATYC called for increasing the
requirements for certification of elementary teachers of grades K-6, for
elementary teachers wishing to be certified to teach mathematics in grades
7-9, and for secondary mathematics teachers, grades 7- 12.
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1996
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NYSMATYC endorsed a position statement on the
hiring of part-time mathematics faculty at two-year colleges.
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