EMSW21-MCTP: Alliance for the Production of African American Ph.D.s in the Mathematical Sciences

非裔美国人数学科学博士培养联盟成员机构。(APAAPMS)将实施几个项目，这些项目将增加参加数学科学博士课程的非裔美国人的人数，并增加这些学生获得博士学位的人数。该联盟由四所历史悠久的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)的数学系以及三所爱荷华州议会大学的数学科学系组成，将扩大他们目前在这一领域开展的活动。第一个项目，联盟学者计划，确定每个参与联盟HBCU的八名学生，并由HBCU和爱荷华州议会数学教师组成的团队为这些学生提供密切指导。第二个项目是联盟暑期研究体验，为联盟学者以及从其他机构挑选的数学专业本科生提供为期八周的强化研究体验。第三个项目，联盟课程项目，对参与机构教授的本科数学课程的异同进行了仔细的分析，着眼于在联盟HBCU的本科数学课程和大多数机构的博士课程之间建立无缝过渡。第四个项目，联盟高中数学圈，让联盟学者在其学校所在的社区开展外联活动。从历史上看，黑人学院和大学(HBCU)招收的非裔美国人约占四年制本科院校所有非裔美国人的20%；他们约占所有从这些机构毕业的非裔美国人的30%。然而，除了三到四个有着既定卓越传统的精英HBCU之外，HBCU的毕业生注册数学科学博士课程，或者实际上，任何能够获得教授职位的博士课程，都是极其罕见的。原因不难确定：事实上，非洲裔美国人几乎没有例外，直到最近才在教授行列中受到欢迎。因此，HBCU往往专注于培养专业人员--医生、律师、教师和宗教领袖，他们历来为因种族隔离和公然歧视而面临风险的社区提供关键的基础设施。在美国大学每年授予的所有数学博士中，只有不到2%授予非裔美国人，这一比例在过去25年里基本保持稳定。该项目的目标是为就读HBCU的学生轻松过渡到数学研究生课程，并着眼于改善这些数字。

Member institutions of the Alliance for the Production of African American Ph.D.s in the Mathematical Sciences. (APAAPMS) will carry out several projects which will lead to an increase in the number of African Americans who enroll in doctoral programs in the mathematical sciences as well as an increase in the number of these students who obtain the Ph.D. The Alliance, which consists of mathematics departments at four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) together with departments in the mathematical sciences at the three Iowa Regents universities, will expand activities that they are presently undertaking in this area. The first of these projects, the Alliance Scholar's Program, identifies eight students at each participating Alliance HBCU and provides these students with close mentoring by teams consisting of HBCU and Iowa Regents mathematics faculty. A second project, the Alliance Summer Research Experience, provides an eight week intensive research experience for Alliance Scholars as well as for selected undergraduate mathematics majors from other institutions. A third project, the Alliance Curriculum Project, provides for a careful analysis of the similarities and differences of undergraduate mathematics courses taught at participating institutions with an eye toward building seamless transitions between undergraduate mathematics programs at Alliance HBCUs and doctoral programs at majority institutions. A fourth project, the Alliance High School Math Circle, involves Alliance Scholars in outreach activities in the communities in which their schools are located.Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) enroll approximately 20% of all African Americans who attend four year undergraduate institutions; they account for approximately 30% of all African Americans who graduate from these institutions. Yet, with the exception of three or four elite HBCUs with an established tradition of excellence, it is extremely rare for graduates of HBCUs to enroll in doctoral programs in the mathematical sciences or, indeed, in any doctoral program which leads to a position in the professoriate. The reason for this is not hard to ascertain: in fact, with few exceptions, African Americans were simply not welcome among the ranks of the professoriate until quite recently. As a result, HBCUs have tended to focus on producing professionals - doctors, lawyers, teachers and religious leaders who have historically provided critical infrastructure to a community at risk due to segregation and overt discrimination. Less than 2% of all Ph.D. in mathematics awarded at US universities each year are awarded to African Americans, a percentage that has remained more or less stable over the last twenty five years. It is the goal of this project to ease the transition to graduate programs in mathematics for students attending HBCUs with an eye toward improving these numbers.