MAA Overview
Mission: To advance the mathematical sciences, especially at the collegiate level.
The objective is to assist in promoting the interests of the mathematical sciences in America, especially in the collegiate field, by holding meetings in any part of the United States or Canada for the presentation and discussion of mathematical papers, by the publication of mathematical papers, journals, books, monographs, and reports, by conducting investigations for the purpose of improving the teaching of mathematics, and by cooperating with other organizations whenever this may be desireable for attaining these or similar objects.
The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) is the world's largest organization devoted to the interests of collegiate mathematics. Members of the MAA receive many valuable benefits for modest dues. These benefits are designed to stimulate interest in mathematics by providing expository books and articles on contemporary mathematics and on recent developments at the frontiers of mathematical research, and by exchanging information about important events in the mathematical world. A major emphasis of the MAA is the teaching of mathematics at the collegiate level, but anyone who is interested in mathematics is welcome to join.
Above text is excerpted from the official MAA Webpages at www.maa.org