Arthur Heinricher

Professor
EDUCATION
BS Applied Mathematics University of Missouri-St. Louis 1980
PhD Mathematical Sciences Carnegie-Mellon University 1986
Expert Bio

Professor Heinricher teaches mathematics and maintains a significant focus on innovation in teaching and learning. He has supported initiatives that introduce first-year students to project-based work and university-level research. He has been involved with programs that aim to enhance pre-college mathematics education. He can speak to media about mathematical concepts, student projects, and approaches to teaching and learning.

Inside Higher ED
Academic Minute: Cost of Higher Education

In an audio segment on the cost of higher education from Inside Higher Ed, Dean Art Heinricher, undergraduate studies, discussed the value of project-based learning. “Project-based learning works because it’s more than a pedagogical approach, more than a way to teach better. It’s a fundamental survival skill for the future our graduates must build,” he said.​

Business Officer
Teaching Students to Care

Business Officer magazine features WPI’s distinctive project-based learning curriculum and the impact of the program on student engagement in addressing human needs and social challenges.

[“Teaching Students to Care” originally appeared in the November 2017 issue of Business Officer, the monthly flagship magazine published by the National Association of College and University Business Officers in Washington, D.C.]

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