CSU Alliance for Preparing Undergraduates through Mentoring towards PhDs

该项目的重点是通过提供本科水平的综合培训和研究计划，增加高素质、代表性不足的少数民族学生对数学科学博士课程的参与。它开发了一个由加利福尼亚州系统的八个校区组成的网络，位于南加州地区。这些岛屿包括加州州立海峡群岛、多明奎兹丘陵、富勒顿、长滩、洛杉矶、北岭、波莫纳理工学院和圣伯纳迪诺。该项目以(A)本科研究、(B)高级课程工作和研讨会以及(C)强有力的指导和积极的招聘为基础，将通过一系列高质量的个性化活动，确定和培养被选中的有才华和积极性不高的本科生，使他们能够在数学科学职业生涯中取得成功。这些活动包括：(A)暑期学校，补充课程并扩大学生的数学视野；(B)至少一年的初中和高中数学专业本科生研究项目；以及(C)研讨会和严谨和高级数学课程工作。八名有辅导代表性不足群体学生的经验的数学教员将在教席和系里其他成员的支持下共同指导该项目。通过这些活动，并在参与该项目的教师的指导下，学生将在数学方面成长，并充分开发他们的智力潜力。该项目将为他们提供全面的教育和培训计划，强调数学科学和发现的严谨性。通过从少数群体中发现有才华和高度积极性的学生，通过解决他们面临的关键选择，并通过为他们提供扎实的数学教育，该项目将为提高数学科学劳动力的数量、质量和多样性做出重大贡献。由此带来的来自我们地区的少数民族学生(特别是西语裔/拉丁裔学生)进入数学博士课程的数量和质量的增加，将在很大程度上提升其他学生的抱负，并鼓励他们追求数学或数学成分较重的职业。这一变化将对我校本科阶段的数学教育质量产生积极影响。特别是，这项计划将改变有关院校的教师和学生的知识氛围，并将在计划本身所涵盖的时间范围内产生有益的影响。

This project focuses on increasing the participation of highly qualified underrepresented minority students in mathematical sciences doctoral programs by providing a comprehensive training and research program at the undergraduate level. It develops a network of eight campuses of the California State System located in the Southern California area. These include Cal State Channel Islands, Dominquez Hills, Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Northridge, Polytechnic Pomona, and San Bernadino. Built on the cornerstones of (a) undergraduate research, (b) advanced course work and seminars, and (c) strong mentoring and aggressive recruitment, the project will identify and prepare selected talented and motivated underrepresented undergraduate students to succeed in mathematical sciences careers through a series of high-quality, personalized activities. These include (a) summer institutes that complement courses and expand students' mathematical horizons; (b) at least one year of undergraduate research projects for junior and senior math majors; and (c) seminars and rigorous and advanced mathematics course work. Eight mathematics faculty with experience in mentoring students from underrepresented groups will co-direct the project with support of the chairs and fellow members of their departments. With these activities and under the guidance of the faculty involved in the project, students will grow mathematically and develop their full intellectual potential. The project will provide them with a comprehensive education and training program that emphasizes the rigor of mathematical sciences and discovery.By identifying talented and highly motivated students from minority groups, by addressing critical choices they face, and by providing a solid mathematical education to them, this project will make a significant contribution to increasing the quantity, quality, and diversity of the mathematical sciences workforce. The resulting increase in numbers and quality of minority students from our region (particularly Hispanic/Latino students) entering Ph.D. math programs will do much to lift other students' aspirations and encourage them to pursue careers in mathematics or with a heavy mathematical component. This change will positively impact the quality of mathematical education offered in our institutions' undergraduate program. In particular, this project will alter the intellectual atmosphere among faculty and students in the involved institutions and will have beneficial repercussions beyond the time-frame covered by the project itself.