Catalyzing Systemic Change in Undergraduate Mathematics: A Convening of Mathematics Leaders

数学是大多数STEM专业的门户。因此，提高大学数学水平有助于为未来的STEM劳动力做准备。根据研究结果，学生的数学成绩可以通过使用互动教学、必修课以及丰富和支持计划等方法来改善。然而，根深蒂固的做法和系统性挑战目前限制了这些方法和其他有希望的方法的广泛采用。这个为期多天的虚拟研讨会将全面介绍这些挑战，并开始探索富有成效的前进方式。来自广泛机构和专业协会的领导人和研究人员将讨论扩大高影响力项目覆盖范围的挑战。他们将分享积极的成果、战略和经验教训，并集思广益，如何利用这些成果促进数学科学的公平。讲习班的一个主要成果将是一份公开报告，详细说明在数学高等教育界内确定的挑战。这份报告还将讨论如何应对这些挑战可能会带来更积极和公平的学生结果。这次为期四天的虚拟会议将把专业组织和社区领导人聚集在一起，分享他们的成功和挑战，以实现三个主要目标：(1)分享成功的部门、机构和专业社会战略和项目，作为改进现有项目的手段；(2)确定限制现有战略和项目更广泛影响的机构和个人问题；以及(3)就如何推进解决已确定问题所需的机构和文化变革提出建议。四个讲习班的每一天将大约相隔两到四周，使与会者能够进行临时讨论和其他工作。第一个工作坊日的第一次会议将集中于详细介绍成功的部门、机构和专业协会的战略和计划，包括如何解决股权问题。与会者还将讨论评估方案覆盖范围的方法和向前推进的基准。第一天剩下的时间将集中在扩展计划面临的挑战，以及确定阻止有前景的战略和计划产生更广泛影响的因素。第二个研讨会日将举行两次关于系统性障碍的工作组会议，一次按计划类型安排，另一次按计划类型安排。第三天的第一次会议将集中讨论在不同情况下可能有效的变革模式，并讨论不同参与者群体可能用来克服具体挑战的战略。第二次会议将集中讨论研讨会报告中提出的建议如何应对不同方案类型所确定的挑战。讲习班的最后一天，即第三天之后大约一个月，将允许与会者讨论公共报告草稿并提出改进建议。该奖项由NSF IUSE：EHR计划资助，该计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高STEM教育对所有学生的有效性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Mathematics serves as a gateway to most STEM majors. As a result, improving college mathematics contributes to preparation of the future STEM workforce. Based on research results, student outcomes in mathematics could be improved by using approaches such as interactive pedagogies, co-requisite courses, and enrichment and support programs. However, entrenched practices and systemic challenges currently limit widespread adoption of these and other promising approaches. This multi-day virtual workshop will develop a comprehensive account of these challenges and begin exploring productive ways to move forward. Leaders and researchers from a broad group of institutions and professional societies will discuss challenges to expanding the reach of high-impact programs. They will share positive outcomes, strategies, and lessons learned and brainstorm how these results can be used to promote equity in the mathematical sciences. A major outcome of the workshop will be a public report detailing the challenges that were identified within the mathematics higher education community. The report will also discuss how addressing those challenges might lead to more positive and equitable student outcomes.This four-day virtual convening will bring together professional organization and community leaders to share their successes and challenges to achieve three main goals: (1) Sharing successful departmental, institutional, and professional society strategies and programs as a means for improving existing programs; (2) Identifying institutional and individual issues that limit the broader impact of existing strategies and programs; and (3) Formulating recommendations for how to move forward on the institutional and cultural change needed to address the identified issues. Each of the four workshop days will be approximately two to four weeks apart, allowing participants to engage in interim discussions and other work. The first session of the first workshop day will focus on detailing successful departmental, institutional, and professional society strategies and programs, including how equity issues are being addressed. Participants will also discuss approaches to evaluate the reach of programs and benchmarks for moving forward. The remainder of the first day will focus on challenges to scaling programs and identifying forces that keep promising strategies and programs from having a broader impact. The second workshop day will have two working group sessions on systemic barriers, one structured by program type and the second structured across program type. The first session of the third day will focus on models of change that might be effective in different settings and discuss strategies that different participant groups might use to overcome specific challenges. The second session will focus on how the recommendations presented in the workshop report might address the identified challenges across different program types. The final day of the workshop, approximately one month after the third day, will allow participants to discuss and suggest improvements to a draft of the public report. This award is funded through the NSF IUSE: EHR Program, which supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.