Vertical Integration of Research with Education and its Evaluation

9810774萧耀棠在VIGRE计划的支持下，哈佛数学系因应当前的趋势、压力和机遇，致力维持和加强研究与教育的垂直整合。该系已经提供了大量的活动，非常有效地促进了不同群体之间的互动——本科生和研究生、博士后、初级和高级教师、访客、研究人员、教师、应用领域的专家——无论是在数学研究领域，还是在研究生和本科课程中。例子包括一个活跃的数学俱乐部，小组辅导班，关于课程，论文和职业的密集本科咨询，说说性和研究研讨会系列，讲习班，会议，特别讲座，以及与德里克博克教学和学习中心合作开展的研究生教学培训。对上述活动的参与是普遍的、热情的，并且在该部所有现有小组中分布良好。VIGRE基金不仅将保持这些成功的持续努力的数量和种类，而且还将引入新的选择和机会。哈佛VIGRE项目的主要特点反映了该部门跨越学术年龄和部门地位界限扩展和丰富所有成员经验的愿望。研究生对纵向整合尤其重要，新的实习将防止该系能够容纳的博士生数量下降到临界质量以下。本科研究经验将扩大到包括支持学生，教师和从业者一起工作，不仅在学年，而且在VIGRE夏季REU项目以及。一项新的博士后助理计划将明确帮助年轻的数学家为他们在校内外面临的各种专业责任做好准备。我们的课程委员会将进行全面的审查，以解决我们课程设置的一致性、相关性、衔接性和边界条件。VIGRE的资金还将支持收集和分析有关保留、安置、获得学位的时间、少数民族代表性以及哈佛大学和其他机构在研究和教育垂直整合方面取得成功的其他措施的数据。该奖项的资金由数学科学司和MPS理事会的多学科活动办公室提供。

9810774Yum-Tong SiuWith support received from the VIGRE Program, the Harvard Mathematics Department seeks to sustain and enhance the vertical integration of research and education throughout its programs in light of current trends, pressures, and opportunities. The Department already provides a large array of activities that quite effectively promote interactions among different groups -- undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, junior and senior faculty, visitors, researchers, teachers, experts in applied areas -- both in the realm of mathematical research and in the graduate and undergraduate curricula. Examples include an active mathematics club, small group tutorial classes, intensive undergraduate advising about courses, theses and careers, expository and research seminar series, workshops, conferences, special lectures, and pedagogical training for graduate students conducted in cooperation with the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning.Participation in the aforementioned activities is common, enthusiastic, and well-distributed among all the existing groups within the Department. VIGRE funds will not only maintain the quantity and variety of these successful ongoing endeavors but also introduce new options and opportunities. The key features of the Harvard VIGRE program reflect the Department's desire to extend and enrich the experiences of all its constituents across boundaries of academic age and departmental standing. Graduate students are particularly essential to vertical integration, and new traineeships will prevent the number of doctoral students the Department is able to accommodate from dropping below critical mass. Undergraduate research experiences will be expanded to include support for students, instructors, and practitioners to work together not just during the academic year but during a VIGRE summer REU program as well. A new postdoctoral associate program will explicitly help young mathematicians prepare for the full range of professional responsibilities they face both on campus and off. A thorough review conducted by our curriculum committee will address the coherence, relevance, dovetailing, and boundary conditions of our course offerings. VIGRE funds will also support the gathering and analysis of data concerning retention, placement, time to degree, minority representation, and other measures of success in the vertical integration of research and education at Harvard and other institutions.Funding for this award is provided by the Division of Mathematical Sciences and the MPS Directorate's Office of Multidisciplinary Activities.