EMSW21-MCTP - The SUM Project: A Statistics Undergraduate Mentoring (SUM) Program

EMSW21-MCTP - SUM 项目：统计学本科生指导 (SUM) 计划

• 批准号: 0354308
• 负责人: Julie Legler
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Saint Olaf College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0354308&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EMSW21; MCTP; SUM; Project; Statistics

The Statistics Undergraduate Mentoring (SUM) Project at St. Olaf College will demonstrate how four-year institutions can successfully recruit and mentor undergraduate and post-doctoral associates in statistics. The project goals are to increase the number of undergraduates from four-year colleges who attend graduate school in statistics and to increase the number of PhDs in statistics who pursue careers at four-year colleges. Statistics concentrators will form the core group of undergraduates for this project and are expected to increase from the current 20 - 35 students in the program. Efforts to recruit undergraduates will focus on increasing the awareness of incoming students about the opportunities for and benefits of statistics courses. Our approach to attracting and retaining statistics students is to create a collaborative environment between statistics and other disciplines. A Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CIR) will be established where undergraduats, post-doctoral associates, and faculty mentors will collaborate on statistical aspects of professional and undergraduate research with faculty and students from other departments on campus. Statistics students will staff the CIR under the mentorship of faculty directors. Other students will participate in Interdisciplinary Research Teams (IRTs) of undergraduate summer researchers formed by combining statistics students with summer research students from other disciplines. Two summer research students will be supported on IRTs in the first year and four during each year 2-5. In addition, one student per year will work with a faculty mentor to develop statistical modules associated with courses in other disciplines (e.g., biology) over the 5 year period. A central feature of the SUM Project is the integral involvement of two consecutive post-doctoral associates in years 2-3 and 4-5. Each post-doctoral associate will assist in running the CIR, teach a variety of undergraduate statistics courses, work closely with students in inter-disciplinary research projects, and continue to develop their own research program. Post-doctoral associates will be recruited during years 1 and 3. Recruiting for post-doctoral associates will include visits to graduate programs in statistics and biostatistics. Efforts to attract post-doctoral students from underrepresented groups will be enhanced by St. Olaf College's membership in the Consortium for a Strong Minority Presence. The success of the program will be disseminated directly by undergraduates attending graduate school, post-doctoral associates securing tenure-track positions in other institutions, a summative workshop, publications in professional journals and presentations at national conferences. Four-year colleges represent a valuable but not fully exploited resource for filling the pipeline to statistics graduate programs. We hope to attract students from other disciplines to advanced statistics by additional efforts demonstrating the relevance of statistics to their discipline. By integrating active participation in research with course work, students will be well prepared and enthusiastic about post-graduate study in statistics. The post-doctoral recruiting efforts will raise awareness of undergraduate education as a viable career option thereby enlarging and enhancing the pool of potential undergraduate statistics educators. The post-doctoral fellows' fresh perspectives will vitalize the program through their participation in summer IRTs, internships, community building, and course development. Furthermore, the post-doctoral associate will play a crucial role in mentoring of statistics undergraduate students. All of the SUM Project activities will be specifically designed for implementation at four-year institutions. The Project goals and activities will be in line with the resources and mission of four-year colleges.

圣奥拉夫学院的统计学本科生指导（SUM）项目将展示四年制机构如何成功招募和指导统计学本科生和博士后助理。 该项目的目标是增加从四年制大学本科生谁参加统计研究生院的人数，并增加在四年制大学从事职业的统计博士人数。统计集中者将形成该项目的本科生核心群体，预计将从目前的20 - 35名学生增加到该项目。招收本科生的努力将侧重于提高新生对统计课程的机会和好处的认识。我们吸引和留住统计学专业学生的方法是在统计学和其他学科之间创造一个协作环境。将建立一个跨学科研究中心（CIR），本科生，博士后助理和教师导师将与校园内其他部门的教师和学生在专业和本科生研究的统计方面进行合作。 统计学专业的学生将在教师主任的指导下为CIR工作。其他学生将参加跨学科研究小组（IRT）的本科夏季研究人员，由统计学学生与其他学科的暑期研究生相结合。两名暑期研究生将在第一年获得IRT支持，每年2-5年获得4名。 此外，每年有一名学生将与教师导师一起开发与其他学科课程相关的统计模块（例如，生物学（5年）SUM项目的一个中心特点是在2-3年和4-5年连续两名博士后助理的整体参与。每个博士后助理将协助运行CIR，教各种本科统计课程，与学生在跨学科的研究项目密切合作，并继续发展自己的研究计划。博士后助理将在第1年和第3年招募。 招聘博士后助理将包括访问统计学和生物统计学的研究生课程。圣奥拉夫学院成为少数民族强大存在联合会的成员，将加强吸引来自代表性不足群体的博士后学生的努力。该计划的成功将直接由参加研究生院的本科生，在其他机构获得终身教职的博士后同事，总结性研讨会，专业期刊上的出版物和全国会议上的演讲传播。四年制大学代表了一个宝贵的，但没有充分利用的资源，填补管道统计研究生课程。 我们希望吸引学生从其他学科先进的统计额外的努力证明统计的相关性，他们的纪律。通过将积极参与研究与课程工作相结合，学生将为统计学研究生学习做好充分准备并充满热情。博士后招聘工作将提高人们对本科教育作为一种可行的职业选择的认识，从而扩大和加强潜在的本科统计教育工作者的人才库。 博士后研究员的新观点将通过他们参与夏季IRT，实习，社区建设和课程开发来振兴该计划。此外，博士后助理将在指导统计本科生方面发挥至关重要的作用。 小额供资特别股的所有项目活动都将专门为在四年制院校实施而设计。 该项目的目标和活动将符合四年制学院的资源和使命。