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Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano was front and center on Jan. 6 at the White House when leaders of four research universities representing 120 universities presented a letter to President Barack Obama pledging to address the national shortage of science and mathematics teachers.

The letter was signed by leaders of 79 public research universities or systems and pledged, among other things, to prepare an additional 7,500 teachers over the next five years. Thirty-nine institutions, including CU-Boulder, have pledged to at least double the number of science and mathematics teachers graduated by 2015.

鈥淲orking through [the Science and Mathematics Teacher Imperative], DiStefano says, 鈥渨ill enable our institutions to significantly impact science and mathematics education in our states and across the nation. It is a matter of security and global competitiveness.鈥�

President Obama seconded the effort, saying he was pleased to expand the 鈥淓ducate to Innovate鈥� campaign and create new partnerships 鈥渢hat will help meet our goal of moving American students from the middle to the top of the pack . . . .鈥�

CU-Boulder leaders say the university stands alone in the breadth of its integrated campuswide Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) initiatives that transform the way undergraduate courses are taught and favor the sciences and mathematics. The initiatives encourage professors to conduct leading research in STEM education and recruit the best math and science students into teaching.