PRISM: RMR-TTU: Recruitment, Mentoring, and Research in Mathematics and Science at Texas Tech University

“RMR-TTU：德克萨斯理工大学数学和科学的招聘、指导和研究”项目正在引入，以提供研究、学术和经济机会，鼓励60名学生攻读并完成数学和生物科学学位。学生将与教师配对，从事各种综合数学和生物学的项目，并将参加一系列活动（例如正式课程，年度RMR-TTU座谈会，以及参加地方，区域和国家会议），旨在让他们接触到生物数学研究的各个方面。RMR-TTU将跨学科边界实施几个关键的最佳实践，包括定向招聘、高中生和大学生的暑期研究机会、学年研究项目和同伴指导活动。RMR-TTU项目的学生将获得研究过程的第一手知识，这在传统教育形式中是不可能的。他们将成为跨越不同院系和学院的功能齐全的研究团队的一部分，同时还将接受学生和导师之间的一对一培训。因为这个项目将在学生学术发展的早期阶段就接触到他们，并让他们参与到进行研究的各个阶段，这将为他们进入研究生院和随后的职业生涯做好准备。该项目将从东道院校的专业和当地高中招募学员，重点关注代表性不足的群体。西德克萨斯地区包含大量人口稀少的地区，拉美裔和第一代大学生的人口高于平均水平。因此，这一项目将对当地和区域产生重大影响，因为它为经济弱势群体和地理偏远地区的学生提供了接受高等数学教育的机会。新学位学生的数量有可能改变西德克萨斯州农村社区的科学知识库。

The project "RMR-TTU: Recruitment, Mentoring, and Research in Mathematics and Science at Texas Tech University" is being introduced to provide research, academic, and financial opportunities that encourage 60 students to pursue and complete degrees in the mathematical and biological sciences. Students will be paired with faculty to work on a variety of projects integrating mathematics and biology and will participate in a range of activities (e.g. formal courses, annual RMR-TTU colloquia, and participation in local, regional, and national meetings) designed to expose them to all aspects of research in biomathematics. RMR-TTU will implement several key best practices across disciplinary boundaries, including targeted recruiting, summer research opportunities for high school and university students, academic year research projects, and peer mentoring activities.Students in the RMR-TTU program will gain first-hand knowledge of the research process in a way that is not possible in a traditional educational format. They will be part of a fully functional research team spanning different academic departments and colleges, yet also with one-on-one training between students and mentors. Because this program will reach students at early stages in their academic development and involve them in all stages of conducting research, it will prepare them for graduate school and subsequent careers. The project will recruit the cohorts from majors at the host institution and from local high schools with a strong emphasis on underrepresented groups. The West Texas area contains a large number of very sparsely populated areas with higher than average populations of Hispanics and first generation college students. Thus, the impact of this program will be significant locally and regionally as it provides exposure to advanced math education to students from economically disadvantaged groups and in geographically isolated regions. The number of new degree students has the potential to transform the scientific knowledge base of the rural communities of West Texas.