In 1992 Morton Brown, Patricia Shure, and Alan Taylor directed an NSF funded project (NSF:9252503) titled “A New Calculus Program at the University of Michigan”. The abstract for this project states:

The University of Michigan plans to completely revise its first year calculus program over a three year period, adopting the materials developed in the Harvard consortium project. The main features of the new program are: (1) An intensive and ongoing instructor training program for all faculty and teaching assistants. (2) A classroom environment that incorporates cooperative learning and experimentation by students. (3) Major syllabus revision which emphasizes problem solving, geometric visualization, and quantitative reasoning. (4) Integration of the graphing calculator into the curriculum. The principal goals are: (1) A concept driven course. (2) Students are better prepared for, and more likely to take, further mathematics and science courses. (3) A more enjoyable experience for students.

For more than two decades the University of Michigan Mathematics Department has sustained and improved its “New Calculus Program” and, to the extent resources have allowed, extended its features and goals to the entire two year Introductory Program (IP) and beyond, through Michigan’s Inquiry Based Learning Center courses. While it is far from perfect, as measured by, for example, DFW rates and the Calculus Concept Inventory, the IP appears to be working well. We will flesh out the features and goals mentioned in the 1992 abstract. More importantly, we'll attempt to explain how this "New Calculus Program", now in its third generation of leadership, has been sustained for almost a quarter of a century.