Alliance for the Production of African American Ph.D.s in the Mathematical Sciences

在这里进行的项目的目标是大幅增加非裔美国人在数学、统计学和其他以定量为基础的学科方面的博士人数。目标包括：-识别参与hbcu的学生，他们有潜力在数学科学或应用数学技能和方法的领域获得高级学位。-在学生的本科生涯中为上述学生提供指导、培养和研究经验。-在参与的hbcu和多数院校之间建立桥梁，以提供向研究生院的无缝过渡。这些项目将由培养非裔美国人数学科学博士联盟执行，该联盟由三所爱荷华州立摄政大学和四所传统黑人学院和大学（阿拉巴马农工大学、本尼迪克特学院、佛罗里达农工大学和杰克逊州立大学）的数学、统计和测试与测量系组成。第一个项目将包括在四所参与的hbcu中各选择、指导和培养八名本科生联盟学者。每位学生都将获得两位导师：一位是学生所在学校的导师，另一位是爱荷华摄政学院的导师。这些导师将与学生一起制定个性化的学习课程以及一系列的研究项目。学生将在爱荷华州摄政大学度过一段时间，通常会在毕业后在其中一所大学的适当博士课程中获得录取和支持。第二个项目将是每年夏天在爱荷华州立大学或爱荷华大学举办的为期八周的联盟暑期学院。该项目的目标包括：-为具有定量能力和训练的学生提供各种研究领域和职业道路的信息。-为大型大学的生活和工作提供文化和学术介绍。——为少数民族院校的学生和教授与多数大学的学生和教授提供互动的机会。-向杰出的少数民族学者和其他少数民族奖学金的长期支持者提供机会。-提供机会进行研究项目，无论是单独或小组。每年夏天将选出24名学生参加暑期学院。他们将被组织成由三名学生、一名教员和一名研究生助理组成的研究小组。教师将从联盟教师池中抽取；研究生助理将在可能的情况下，从爱荷华大学数学系27名未被充分代表的少数族裔研究生中选出。符合条件的联盟学者将优先考虑；剩下的职位将由本科生填补，他们将从这里提供的经验中获益最多。进一步的信息可以通过拨打Phil Kutzko电话319-335-0758或发送电子邮件至pkutzko@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu获得。

The projects to be undertaken here have as their goal a substantial increase in the number of African American Ph.D.s in mathematics, statistics and other quantitatively based disciplines. Objectives include:-Identifying of students at participating HBCUs who have the potential to obtain an advanced degree in a mathematical science or a field employing mathematical skills and methods.-Providing mentoring, nurturing and research experiences for the students identified above throughout their undergraduate careers.-Building bridges between participating HBCUs and majority institutions to provide a seamless transition to graduate school.These projects will be carried out by the Alliance for the Production of African American Ph.D.s in the Mathematical Sciences, a consortium of departments of mathematics, statistics and testing and measurement at the three Iowa State Regents Universities and four Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Alabama A&M University, Benedict College, Florida A&M University and Jackson State University. The first project will involve the selection, mentoring and nurturing of eight undergraduate Alliance Scholars at each of the four participating HBCUs. Each of these students will be provided with two mentors: a mentor at the student's home institution and an Iowa Regent mentor. These mentors will work together with the student to develop an individualized course of study as well as a series of research projects. Students will spend time at Iowa Regents Universities and will normally be offered admission and support at an appropriate Ph.D. program at one of these universities upon graduation.The second project will be an eight-week Alliance Summer Institute to be held each summer at either Iowa State University or the University of Iowa. Among the objectives of this project are:-Providing information about the variety of research areas and career paths available to students with quantitative abilities and training.-Providing a cultural and academic introduction to life and work at a large, majority university.-Providing opportunities for interactions between students and professors at minority serving institutions and their counterparts at majority universities.-Providing exposure to distinguished minority scholars and other longtime supporters of minority scholarship.-Providing opportunities to carry out research projects, both alone and in groups.Twenty-four students will be selected for the Summer Institute each summer. They will be organized into research teams consisting of three students, one faculty member and one graduate student assistant. Faculty will be drawn from a pool of Alliance faculty; graduate student assistants will be selected, where possible, from among the twenty-seven underrepresented minority graduate students in the University of Iowa Department of Mathematics. Preference will be given to eligible Alliance Scholars; remaining positions will be filled by undergraduate students who will most benefit from the sort of experience provided here. Further information may be obtained by calling Phil Kutzko at 319-335-0758 or sending him email at pkutzko@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu.