President Jackson's Comments about Mathematics
In the summer 2005 issue of the Rochester Review, President Jackson praised the math department.Rochester Review
Summer 2005
Vol. 67, No. 4
Leading Man
Thomas H. Jackson reflects on his tenure as president.
Interview by Scott Hauser | Photography by Richard Baker
One of your signature achievements was the Renaissance Plan, announced in 1995. Ten years later, what have been the results?
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The second is the remarkable success story of mathematics—which after being hit with significant Renaissance Plan reductions—responded by reengaging its faculty in terms of distinguished undergraduate teaching and cooperation with other departments so that, today, I would hold it up as a model department. You can never anticipate all results—and it’s a delight when some of them turn out to be positive.
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