Graduate Readiness and Access in Mathematics (GRAM) Program

根据美国数学协会的数据，在2012年授予的1644名数学博士中，只有80名授予了拉美裔美国人。在这些奖项中，只有13个授予了拉美裔女性。加州州立大学富勒顿分校(CSUF)打算通过实施一项针对有志于数学研究生学习的本科生的全面准备计划，解决上述和其他统计数据显示的各种代表性不足群体的研究生水平成功率极低的问题，这一计划名为研究生准备和数学获取(GRAM)计划。除了直接资助的学生之外，GRAM还将通过为教职员工提供可持续的制度框架来影响更大的CSUF社区，以支持超出GRAN直接资助范围的CSUF学生在研究生院的雄心。GRAM还将为其他机构，特别是为拉美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方案将由几个部分组成：(A)GRAM预科方案，旨在创造对研究机会和研究生院的认识，(B)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)普通和学科研究生记录考试培训，(E)培训和发展解决问题的技能，(F)参加各种相关的专业会议，(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，包括对研究生院决策的指导，时间和压力管理，协作和网络技能，以及与有效写作、阅读、讨论和探索数学相关的技能。将得到支持的本科生研究项目将涵盖数学和数学教育的各个领域。项目将涉及的主题包括：用曲率不变量解释代数关系；刻画在给定运算下具有第k个根的半群和群中的元素；使用磁共振成像图像为检测肿瘤的人类视觉建模；将仿生模式识别与超维平面用于癌症筛查；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局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局内的本科教育和人力资源开发司联合支助。

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.