An Innovative Bridge Program for Mentoring BS-MS Fast-Track Students towards PhDs in Mathematical Sciences

指导 BS-MS 快速通道学生攻读数学科学博士学位的创新桥梁计划

• 批准号: 1620630
• 负责人: Jianzhong Su
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Arlington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-15 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1620630&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Innovative; Bridge; Program; Mentoring; BS

The Mathematics Department at the University of Texas Arlington will run a three-year bridge project involving 30 students to transition them to doctoral programs in the mathematical sciences. The targeted students are those, especially from underrepresented or underserved groups, who are not yet as competitive for doctoral programs as those who already had strong preparation in analysis and advanced linear algebra. The project is intended to be a comprehensive support system that benefits from the existing mathematics learning community in the mathematics doctoral program at the University of Texas Arlington and faculty mentoring and peer mentoring. This project will provide participating students with the opportunity to develop their full intellectual and academic potential in the mathematical sciences, by providing them with a comprehensive preparation and an innovative curricular and training program that emphasizes transition from an undergraduate program to a comprehensive PhD program. By addressing critical issues related to transition to doctoral studies in the mathematical sciences, particularly for those from underrepresented or underserved groups, the project has the potential to contribute to a significant increase in the quantity, quality, and diversity of the future leaders in the mathematical sciences, by serving as a model program for other institutions or other Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. This project has also the potential to impact curriculum improvements in the undergraduate mathematical training in underserved institutions in the nation through collaboration with institutions offering doctoral programs, benefiting both parties. By addressing critical issues related to transition to doctoral studies in the mathematical sciences, particularly for those from underrepresented or underserved groups, the project also has the potential to contribute to a significant increase in the quantity, quality, and diversity of the future leaders in the mathematical sciences. This project has also the potential to impact curriculum improvements in the undergraduate mathematical training in underserved institutions in the nation through collaboration with institutions offering doctoral programs, benefiting both parties.This three-year project aims at increasing the quality and quantity of US doctoral students in the mathematical sciences, particularly those among underrepresented or underserved groups, through strong mentoring and a bridge-to-doctorate program with a BS-MS fast-track component. It targets those talented students among underrepresented groups or from small colleges or minority serving institutions, who are not yet considered competitive for rigorous national doctoral programs due to deficiency especially in analysis and advanced linear algebra. The project aims to train and mentor the participating students to make them well prepared in analysis and advanced linear algebra and to become competitive for a comprehensive PhD program in Mathematical Sciences. The project builds on two cornerstones: (1) a bridge-to-doctorate program with a BS-MS fast track that focuses on students in transition from undergraduate to graduate programs to strengthen their background in analysis and advanced linear algebra, and (2) a comprehensive system for such students providing strong mentoring and aggressive recruitment in the Gulf States Math Alliance, a regional branch of the National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences covering the states of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校的数学系将经营一个为期三年的桥梁项目，涉及30名学生将其过渡到数学科学中的博士课程。有针对性的学生是那些，尤其是来自代表性不足或服务不足的群体，他们的博士课程尚未像已经在分析和高级线性代数方面做好准备的博士课程那样具有竞争力。该项目旨在成为一个全面的支持系统，该系统受益于德克萨斯大学阿灵顿大学数学博士学位课程的现有数学学习社区以及教职员工指导和同伴指导。该项目将通过为他们提供全面的准备工作和创新的课程和培训计划，使他们有机会在数学科学领域发展其全部的智力和学术潜力，强调从本科课程过渡到全面的博士学位计划。通过解决与数学科学中的博士研究过渡有关的关键问题，尤其是对于那些代表性不足或服务不足的群体的关键问题，该项目有可能通过作为其他机构或其他科学，技术，工程学和数学的机构或其他科学，技术和数学的模型来促进数学科学中未来领导者的数量，质量和多样性的显着增加。该项目还具有影响全国服务不足机构的本科数学培训的课程改进，通过与提供博士学位计划的机构合作，使双方受益。通过解决与数学科学中的博士研究过渡有关的关键问题，特别是对于代表性不足或服务不足的群体的关键问题，该项目也有可能促进数学科学中未来领导者的数量，质量和多样性的显着增加。该项目还具有影响全国服务不足机构的本科数学培训的课程改进，通过与提供博士学位的机构的合作，使双方受益的机构，这三年的项目旨在提高美国博士学位学生的质量和数量，尤其是在数学科学中，尤其是那些与不足的组成部分相关的成员，通过培训不足或不及格的成员，以及一名挑战，并通过不断增长的一项挑战，以及一名杂货人的培训，以及一名杂物的杂物，以及一名布置上的一名杂物，以及一名布置上的一名杂物，以及一名布置上的一名杂物，以及一名杂货人的培训。快速轨道组件。它针对那些人才不足的群体或小型大学或少数民族服务机构的才华横溢的学生，他们由于缺乏症而尚未被视为严格的国家博士课程的竞争力，尤其是在分析和高级线性代数方面。该项目旨在培训和指导参与的学生，以使他们在分析和高级线性代数方面做好充分的准备，并为数学科学领域的全面博士学位计划竞争。该项目建立在两个基石的基础上：（1）通过BS-MS快速轨道进行桥梁的计划，重点是从本科生到研究生课程过渡的学生，以增强其分析和高级线性代数的背景，（2）为这些学生提供了众多的学位招聘，以实现大型学位的招聘，以实现大量的招聘，这是一个全国性的招聘，该学位是学位的招聘，该学位分支机构是一项学位的招聘，该学位招募了分支机构，这是一个学位的招聘。德克萨斯州，路易斯安那州和密西西比州。