Scholarships-Creating Opportunities for Applying Mathematics

奖学金-创造应用数学的机会

• 批准号: 1259860
• 负责人: Yu-Ju Kuo
• 金额: $ 60.59万
• 依托单位: Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-07-01 至 2017-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1259860&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Scholarships; Creating; Opportunities; Applying; Mathematics

The Scholarships Creating Opportunities for Applying Mathematics (S-COAM) project at Indiana University of Pennsylvania establishes supportive connections between Master's students and undergraduates through various cohort activities, while increasing numbers of students pursuing mathematics degrees, improving retention, and enhancing recruitment from regional community colleges. Scholarships support ten students seeking the Master's of Science degree in Applied Mathematics, and 18 undergraduates seeking a major in a mathematical area or minor in mathematics with another science-related major; at least 49 students are supported over three years. Effectiveness is assessed by student surveys and an outside evaluator. The highlights of S-COAM include the formation of a supportive cohort of students focused on applied mathematics, mentoring and leadership opportunities for participating Master's students and undergraduates, expectations of students doing research or internships and attendance of STEM-related presentations by visiting scholars. S-COAM expands career options of women, minorities, first-generation, economically disadvantaged, rural, and others by providing support to pursue advanced mathematics coursework and providing workforce-ready graduates trained on industry standard software. S-COAM builds university and student connections in the region through internship and job placement with local businesses as well recruitment visits to and research presentations at local educational institutions.

宾夕法尼亚大学印第安纳州的奖学金创造应用数学的机会（S-COAM）项目通过各种队列活动在硕士生和本科生之间建立了支持性联系，同时增加了攻读数学学位的学生人数，提高了保留率，并加强了区域社区学院的招聘。奖学金支持10名学生寻求应用数学理学硕士学位，18名本科生寻求数学领域的专业或数学与其他科学相关专业的未成年人;至少有49名学生在三年内得到支持。有效性由学生调查和外部评估员评估。S-COAM的亮点包括形成一个支持性的学生群体，专注于应用数学，为参与的硕士生和本科生提供指导和领导机会，对学生进行研究或实习的期望，以及访问学者出席STEM相关演讲。S-COAM通过提供支持来追求高等数学课程，并提供经过行业标准软件培训的劳动力准备毕业生，扩大了妇女，少数民族，第一代，经济弱势群体，农村和其他人的职业选择。S-COAM通过与当地企业的实习和工作安排以及对当地教育机构的招聘访问和研究演示，在该地区建立大学和学生的联系。