By Dave Kung Change is hard, especially for us humans. As much as we want to believe that we evaluate options on their merits, the truth is that we are deeply conservative (small “c”), regularly defaulting to the status quo. Change at scale is even harder. Policy experts posit that real tectonic plate shifts require three streams to be aligned: Agreement that there is a problem and what that problem is. A viable solution — one that is widely seen as being capable of addressing the problem. Feasibility – an alignment of forces to overcome the pull of the status quo. By this framework, introductory college mathematics should be ripe for transformation. All three streams are now in place. The Problem: A Barrier, Not a Gateway Introductory mathematics constitutes the biggest academic barrier to student success.…