These are excerpts from the program for the Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 10-13, 1996, Orlando, Florida.

From the MAA Session on Assessment of Student Learning for Improving the Undergraduate Major in Mathematics:

• A goal-driven mathematics major.
  Annalisa Crannell, Franklin & Marshall College
  Alan L. Levine, Franklin & Marshall College
  
• Outcomes assessment in the B.S. statistics program at Iowa State University.
  Richard A. Groeneveld, Iowa State University
  
• Portfolio assessment of student learning in mathematics.
  Laurie B. Hopkins, Columbia College
  
• Improving the classroom learning climate with assessment.
  Sandra Z. Keith, St. Cloud State University
  
• Assessment of student progress for a liberal arts college.
  Donald E. Miller, Saint Mary's College
  
• Assessment: The first stages.
  Catherine M. Murphy, Purdue University, Calumet Campus
  
• Student assessment as learning.
  Susan F. Pustejovsky, Alverno College
  Marie E. Pink, Alverno College
  
• Assessment of the mathematics major at Towson State University.
  Martha J. Siegel, Towson State University
  
• A model course portfolio for peer review.
  Steven R. Dunbar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
  
• Assessment of the program of the mathematical sciences major at Northern Illinois University.
  Linda R. Sons, Northern Illinois University
  
• Revitalizing the math major at CLU: A status report.
  Terrence GL Tong, California Lutheran University
  Sandra C. Lofstock, California Lutheran University
  
• Assessing the mathematics major.
  Janice B. Walker, Xavier University
  
• Assessment toward an integrated core curriculum.
  Richard Douglas West, U. S. Military Academy