Graduate Readiness and Access in Mathematics (GRAM) Program

根据美国数学学会（American Mathematical Society）的数据，在2012年颁发的1644个数学博士学位中，只有80个授予了西班牙裔。其中，只有13人被授予西班牙裔女性。加州州立大学富勒顿分校（CSUF）打算通过实施一项旨在为有志于数学研究生学习的本科生提供全面准备的计划，来解决这些和其他统计数据所表明的各种代表性不足的群体的研究生水平的不成比例的低成功率，即研究生准备和数学访问（GRAM）计划。除了直接支持的学生外，GRAM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，以支持那些无法获得GRAM直接资助的CSUF学生的研究生院抱负。GRAM还将为其他机构，特别是为西班牙裔服务的机构，提供一个模式，帮助他们的学生在研究生院取得成功。GRAM计划将由以下几个部分组成：(a)旨在创造研究机会和研究生院意识的预gram计划，(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)普通和学科研究生入学考试培训，(e)培训和发展解决问题的技能，(f)参加各种相关专业会议，(g)文化和家庭支持，(h)为GRAM学者提供财政支持，以减少他们在学术活动之外的工作，以及(i)专业发展，包括研究生院决策指导，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相关的技能。支持的本科研究项目将涵盖数学和数学教育的各个领域。项目将涉及以下主题：从曲率不变量的角度解释代数关系，描述给定操作下具有k根的半群和群中的元素，利用磁共振成像图像模拟人类视觉检测肿瘤，利用超维平面的仿生模式识别进行癌症筛查，多发性硬化症认知测试的统计验证，并衡量补充教学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内的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内的本科教育司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.