Agendas from all previous
meetings (and minutes, when available)
2008,
Denver (Moderator: Shonda Kuiper, Grinnell College)
- Jobs in government agencies
- Off-campus programs in statistics and REUs
- Outreach to isolated
statisticians
- Use of PowerPoint
2007,
Salt Lake City (Moderator: Ann Cannon, Cornell College)
- Appropriate use of isostat list-server
- Getting students with AP credit to take more statistics courses
- Encouraging good students to go
to graduate school
- Should the isostat group be more outreach focused?
2006,
Seattle (Moderator: Ann Cannon, Cornell College)
2005,
Minneapolis (Moderator: Ann Cannon, Cornell College)
- Getting
students to take our upper level courses (and
what should those courses be?)
- Should
our software labs be equivalent to science
labs?
- Should
ASA have different membership rates based upon
income (similar to MAA)? Should ASA have different institutional rates
for
colleges and universities?
- Isostat website
- Speakers
list of isolated statisticians willing to
speak at research institutions about our jobs
2004,
Toronto (Moderator: Ann Cannon, Cornell College)
- The tenure review process in a mathematics department
- Obtaining grants by isolated statisticians
- Revisiting regional meetings of isolated statisticians
- Identifying websites of interest to isolated statisticians
- Isostat website
- Different types of JSM sessions and the deadlines involved
2003,
San Francisco (Moderator: Ann Cannon, Cornell College)
- Distance education – is anyone doing it?
- Skills test for statistics – what should be on it?
- Assessment test for statistical knowledge (pre/post test)
- Funding for our a/v needs at future meetings
- Getting the word out about our group
2002, New York (Moderator: Dex Whittinghill, Rowan University)
- The one-talk rule at JSM
- Independent projects for students
- Ways for meaningful interaction between the ASA Stat Ed and the
MAA
SIGMAA
on Stat Ed
- What sources are there for funding regional ISMs?
- Time to remember Anne Sevin and Gordy Bril
2001,
Atlanta (Moderator: Dex Whittinghill, Rowan University)
- The new MAA SIGMAA on Statistics Education
- The Isolated Statisticians e-mail list (how it should be managed,
rules,
etc.)
- The Board of Director’s Task Force on Membership, and recruiting
for
the
ASA
- Web Course Management Software
- Our meeting time
2000,
Indianapolis (Moderator: Dex Whittinghill, Rowan University)
- Recruiting new members for the ASA.
- Discussion of the Undergraduate Statistics Education Initiative
(USEI)
recommendations
- Should the Isolated Statisticians formalize/regularize their
existence?
(No!)
1999,
Baltimore (Moderator: Dex Whittinghill, Rowan University)
- A calculus-based introductory statistics course
- Undergraduate majors and minors in statistics
- Hiring situation for isolated statisticians
- Isolated Teachers of Statistics Group and the two e-mail lists
- Web-based assignments (i.e., finding data off of the web)
1998,
Dallas (Moderator: Dex Whittinghill, Rowan University)
- Statistics resources for elementary school teachers
- Institutional research departments/offices at our institutions
- Isolated statisticians helping other isolated statisticians and
tenure
reviews
- Ingram Olkin’s letter to FOCUS (Aug/Sep 1998)
1997,
Anaheim (Moderator: Dex Whittinghill, Rowan University)
- How our schools deal with the AP statistics exam
- How do we ‘warn’ new Ph.D.s about ‘bad’ departments
- Finding collaborators for doing research
- Isolated statisticians web page
- Annual salary listings and the Isolated Statistician
1996,
Chicago (Moderator: Jeff Witmer, Oberlin College)
- What can the ASA office do for the isolated statisticians
- What the isolated statisticians can do at the JMMs
- ASA and MAA cooperation
- Regional ISMs
- Curriculum requirements of different schools
1995,
Orlando ((Moderator: Jeff Witmer, Oberlin College)
- Mathematical statistics course
- Spreadsheets in statistics
1994,
Toronto (Moderator: Jeff Witmer, Oberlin College)
- Software purchasing
- Liaisons between undergraduate schools and major universities
- MAA Guidelines/FOCUS article
- Calculus reform
- Possible winter ASA meetings at JMMs
1993,
San Francisco (Moderator: Jeff Witmer, Oberlin College)
- Consulting
- CIS liscensing
- Graphing calculators
- Certification of undergraduate programs?
- RCOTS
- MAA Guidelines for mathematics departments
- Isostat e-mail list
1992,
Boston (Moderator: Jeff Witmer, Oberlin College)
- CIS on PCs
- Forming consortiums for purchasing software
- Certification of statisticians or undergraduate programs?
- Isostat e-mail list
1991,
Atlanta (Moderator: Jeff Witmer, Oberlin College)
- Teaching statistics in a non-statistics department
- Representing our profession in a non-statistics department
- Ways of communicating with other statisticians through ASA
publications
- Strengthening ties with large universities
- Proposal for certifying undergraduate programs