Student Mentoring Workshop for Mathematics Departments

该项目将支持由美国数学学会与一些学院和大学、专业组织和个人专家合作举办的关于在数学方面指导和培养学生的研讨会。研讨会的目的是让数学界认识到，具有已确定特点的课程可以增强学生的学术体验，改善学生的表现，并有助于吸引和留住学生。研讨会的议程是确定和展示有效的指导方法，以增加对数学领域未被充分代表的少数群体的吸引力和留住，利用已证明成功指导和培育的机构的专业知识。研讨会将包括面向本科生、研究生和博士后的项目。通过确定成功的做法，并通过AMS网站和其他专业协会的交流，以及通过参与机构，PI预计将推动数学系启动具有指导成分的计划，这有望改善部门环境。

ABSTRACTThe project will support a workshop, held by the American Mathematical Society, in partnership with a number of colleges and universities, professional organizations, and individual experts, on the mentoring and nurturing of students in mathematics. The goal is to build awareness in the mathematics community that programs with the identified characteristics can enhance student academic experiences, improving student performance as well as aiding in attracting and retaining students.The workshop agenda is to identify and showcase effective mentoring methods to improve attraction and retention of underrepresented minorities in mathematics, utilizing expertise form institutions that have demonstrated successful mentoring and nurturing. The workshop will include programs directed toward undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral students. By identifying successful practices and disseminating these findings by way of the AMS website and other professional society communications, and through participating institutions, the PI anticipates that mathematics departments will be motivated to initiate programs with mentoring components, which is expected to improve departmental environment.