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

在这里开展的项目的目标是大幅增加数学、统计和其他定量学科的非洲裔美国人博士人数。 目标包括：-确定参与HBCU的学生，他们有可能获得数学科学或采用数学技能和方法的领域的高级学位。提供指导，培养和研究经验，为学生确定以上在整个本科生涯。这些项目将由非裔美国人数学科学博士生培养联盟（Alliance for the Production of African American Ph.D.s in the Mathematical Sciences）实施，该联盟由三所爱荷华州州立摄政大学（State Regents Universities）和四所历史悠久的黑人学院和大学（亚拉巴马A M大学、本尼迪克特学院、佛罗里达A M大学和杰克逊州立大学）的数学、统计、测试和测量部门组成。 第一个项目将涉及在四个参与HBCU中的每一个选择，指导和培养八名本科生联盟学者。 这些学生中的每一个将提供两个导师：一个导师在学生的家庭机构和爱荷华州摄政导师。 这些导师将与学生一起开发个性化的学习课程以及一系列研究项目。 学生将在爱荷华州摄政大学度过一段时间，通常会获得适当的博士学位。第二个项目将是为期八周的联盟暑期研究所，每年夏天在爱荷华州州立大学或爱荷华州大学举行。 该项目的目标之一是：-提供有关各种研究领域和职业道路的信息提供给学生的定量能力和培训。提供一个文化和学术介绍生活和工作在一个大的，多数大学。为少数民族服务机构的学生和教授与多数大学的同行之间的互动提供机会。提供接触杰出的少数民族学者和少数民族奖学金的其他长期支持者。提供机会进行研究项目，无论是单独或小组。24名学生将被选中参加暑期研究所每年夏天。 他们将被组织成由三名学生，一名教师和一名研究生助理组成的研究小组。 教师将从联盟教师中挑选;研究生助理将尽可能从爱荷华州大学数学系27名代表性不足的少数民族研究生中挑选。 优先考虑符合条件的联盟学者;剩余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。 进一步的信息可通过拨打319-335-0758给菲尔·库茨科或给他发电子邮件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.