Graduate Readiness and Access in Mathematics (GRAM) Program

根据美国数学学会的数据，在2012年授予的1644名数学博士学位中，只有80名授予了西班牙裔。 其中，只有13个被授予西班牙裔妇女。加州州立大学，富勒顿（CSUF）打算解决不成比例的低毕业生水平的成功率从各种代表性不足的群体表明这些和其他统计数据，通过实施一个全面的准备本科生的计划，有志于研究生学习数学，研究生准备和数学（数学）程序访问。 除了直接支持的学生外，CSUF还将通过为教师提供可持续的制度框架来影响更大的CSUF社区，以支持CSUF学生的研究生院抱负，这些学生超出了直接资助的范围。该计划还将为其他机构，特别是为西班牙裔服务的机构，为学生在研究生院取得成功做好准备提供一个模式。该计划将由几个部分组成：（a）旨在创造研究机会和研究生院意识的预科课程，（B）旨在为研究生学习做好数学准备的严格内容准备，（c）本科研究，（d）一般和学科研究生入学考试的培训，（e）解决问题技能的培训和发展，（f）参加各种相关的专业会议，（g）文化和家庭支持，（h）为研究生学者提供财政支持，以减少学术活动以外的工作，以及（i）专业发展，包括指导研究生院的决定，时间和压力管理，协作和网络技能，以及与写作、阅读、讨论和有效探索数学有关的技能。 将得到支持的本科研究项目将跨越数学和数学教育的各个领域。 项目将涉及的主题，如解释代数关系的曲率不变量，在给定的操作下具有k次根的半群和组的特征元素，在使用磁共振成像图像检测肿瘤中建模人类视觉，使用仿生模式识别与超维平面进行癌症筛查，多发性硬化症认知测试的统计验证，以及衡量补充指导课程对学生和领导者的教育影响。 该项目由数学和物理科学理事会数学科学司和多学科活动办公室以及教育和人力资源理事会本科教育和人力资源开发司共同支持。

According to the American Mathematical Society, of the 1644 PhDs in mathematics awarded in 2012, just 80 were awarded to Hispanics. Of those, only 13 were awarded to Hispanic women. California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) intends to address the disproportionately low rate of graduate-level success from a variety of underrepresented groups indicated by these and other statistics by implementing a program of comprehensive preparation for undergraduate students aspiring to graduate study in mathematics, the Graduate Readiness and Access in Mathematics (GRAM) program. In addition to the students supported directly, GRAM will impact the larger CSUF community by providing the faculty with a sustainable institutional framework in which to support graduate school ambitions of CSUF students who are beyond the reach of direct GRAM funding. GRAM will also provide a model for other institutions, particularly Hispanic-serving institutions, for preparing their students to succeed in graduate school. The GRAM program will consist of several components: (a) a Pre-GRAM program designed to create awareness of research opportunities and graduate school, (b) rigorous content preparation aimed at mathematical readiness for graduate studies, (c) undergraduate research, (d) training for the general and subject Graduate Record Examinations, (e) training and development of problem-solving skills, (f) participation in a variety of relevant professional conferences, (g) cultural and family support, (h) financial support for GRAM Scholars to decrease their work outside of academic activities, and (i) professional development that includes guidance on graduate school decisions, time and stress management, collaboration and networking skills, and skills tied to writing, reading, discussing, and exploring mathematics effectively. The undergraduate research projects that will be supported will span various fields of mathematics and mathematics education. Projects will deal with topics such as interpreting algebraic relations in terms of curvature invariants, characterizing elements in semigroups and groups that possess kth roots under a given operation, modeling human vision in detecting tumors using images from magnetic resonance imaging, using biomimetic pattern recognition with hyper-dimensional planes for cancer screening, statistical validation of a cognitive test for multiple sclerosis, and measuring the educational impact of supplemental instruction classes on students and leaders. This project is supported jointly by the Division of Mathematical Sciences and Office of Multidisciplinary Activities within the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences and the Divisions of Undergraduate Education and Human Resource Development within the Directorate for Education and Human Resources.