Vertical Integration of Research with Education and its Evaluation

9810774 Yum-Tong SiuWith从VIGRE计划收到的支持下，哈佛数学系旨在维持和加强研究和教育的垂直整合在其整个方案在当前的趋势，压力和机遇。 该部门已经提供了大量的活动，相当有效地促进不同群体之间的互动-本科生和研究生，博士后研究员，初级和高级教师，游客，研究人员，教师，应用领域的专家-无论是在数学研究领域，还是在研究生和本科生课程。 例子包括一个活跃的数学俱乐部，小组辅导班，密集的本科生咨询课程，论文和职业，临时和研究研讨会系列，讲习班，会议，特别讲座，并与德里克博克教学中心合作进行的研究生教学培训。参与上述活动是常见的，热情，并在部门内现有的所有小组中分布良好。 VIGRE基金不仅将保持这些成功的持续努力的数量和种类，而且还将引入新的选择和机会。 哈佛VIGRE计划的主要特点反映了该部门的愿望，以扩大和丰富其所有成员的经验跨越学术年龄和部门地位的界限。 研究生对垂直整合尤其重要，新的实习生将防止该部门能够容纳的博士生数量下降到临界质量以下。 本科生的研究经验将扩大到包括支持学生，教师和从业人员不仅在学年期间，但在VIGRE夏季REU计划以及一起工作。 一个新的博士后助理计划将明确帮助年轻的数学家准备他们在校园内外面临的全方位的专业责任。 我们的课程委员会进行了彻底的审查，将解决我们的课程的连贯性，相关性，重复性和边界条件。 VIGRE基金还将支持收集和分析有关保留，安置，学位时间，少数民族代表性以及哈佛和其他机构的研究和教育垂直整合的其他成功措施的数据。该奖项的资金由数学科学部和MPS董事会多学科活动办公室提供。

9810774Yum-Tong SiuWith support received from the VIGRE Program, the Harvard Mathematics Department seeks to sustain and enhance the vertical integration of research and education throughout its programs in light of current trends, pressures, and opportunities. The Department already provides a large array of activities that quite effectively promote interactions among different groups -- undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, junior and senior faculty, visitors, researchers, teachers, experts in applied areas -- both in the realm of mathematical research and in the graduate and undergraduate curricula. Examples include an active mathematics club, small group tutorial classes, intensive undergraduate advising about courses, theses and careers, expository and research seminar series, workshops, conferences, special lectures, and pedagogical training for graduate students conducted in cooperation with the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning.Participation in the aforementioned activities is common, enthusiastic, and well-distributed among all the existing groups within the Department. VIGRE funds will not only maintain the quantity and variety of these successful ongoing endeavors but also introduce new options and opportunities. The key features of the Harvard VIGRE program reflect the Department's desire to extend and enrich the experiences of all its constituents across boundaries of academic age and departmental standing. Graduate students are particularly essential to vertical integration, and new traineeships will prevent the number of doctoral students the Department is able to accommodate from dropping below critical mass. Undergraduate research experiences will be expanded to include support for students, instructors, and practitioners to work together not just during the academic year but during a VIGRE summer REU program as well. A new postdoctoral associate program will explicitly help young mathematicians prepare for the full range of professional responsibilities they face both on campus and off. A thorough review conducted by our curriculum committee will address the coherence, relevance, dovetailing, and boundary conditions of our course offerings. VIGRE funds will also support the gathering and analysis of data concerning retention, placement, time to degree, minority representation, and other measures of success in the vertical integration of research and education at Harvard and other institutions.Funding for this award is provided by the Division of Mathematical Sciences and the MPS Directorate's Office of Multidisciplinary Activities.