PUMP: Preparing Undergraduates through Mentoring toward Ph.D.s

Pump：通过指导本科生攻读博士学位这个项目的重点是增加来自我们地区(加利福尼亚州圣费尔南多山谷)的高资质、代表性不足的少数民族学生的参与。在数学科学博士项目中。这将通过解决这些学生学术生活中的两个转折点来实现。一个是从高中到大学到博士项目的临时过渡，另一个是从一般课程工作到独立工作和研究的智力过渡。这个项目建立在三个基石上：积极的招聘，强有力的指导和持续的评估，通过一系列高质量的个性化活动，识别和培养有才华和积极性的高中生和本科生，使他们在数学科学职业生涯中取得成功。这些活动包括暑期研习班、每周一次的研讨会、高中生的荣誉微积分、数学专业的高级数学课程作业和本科研究项目，以及问题解决课程。通过这些活动，在参与该项目的教师的指导下，学生们将获得启动数学发现所需的成熟度，并将拓宽他们的数学视野。通过从少数群体中发现有才华和高度积极性的学生，通过解决他们生活中的关键问题和选择，并通过为他们提供扎实的数学教育，该项目将为提高数学科学劳动力的数量、质量和多样性做出重大贡献。来自我们地区的少数民族学生(特别是西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生)进入数学博士课程的数量和质量的增加，将极大地提高其他学生的抱负，并鼓励他们追求数学或数学成分较重的职业。这一变化将对他们的高中和我们学校(CSUN)本科课程的数学教育质量产生积极的影响。特别是，该项目将改变相关机构的教职员工和学生的知识氛围，并将在该项目本身涵盖的时间范围内产生有益的影响。

PUMP: Preparing Undergraduates through Mentoring toward Ph.D.sThis project focuses on increasing the participation of highlyqualified underrepresented minority students from our region(San Fernando Valley, Ca.) in Mathematical Sciences Ph.D.programs. This will be done by addressing two transitionpoints in the academic life of those students. One is thetemporal transition from high-school to college to Ph.Dprograms, the other is the intellectual transitionfrom general course work to independent work and research.Built upon three cornerstones: aggressive recruitment, strongmentoring, and continuous assessment, this project willidentify and prepare talented and motivated high-school andundergraduate students to succeed in mathematical sciencescareers through a series of high-quality, personalizedactivities. These include summer institutes, weeklyseminars, honors Calculus for high-school students, advancedmathematics course work and undergraduate research projectsfor math majors, and problem-solving sessions. With theseactivities and under the guidance of the faculty involved inthis project, students willacquire the maturity needed forinitiation to mathematical discovery,and will also broaden their vision of mathematics.By identifying talented and highly motivated students fromminority groups, by addressing critical issues in their livesand choices, and by providing a solid mathematical educationto them, this project will make a significant contribution toincreasing the quantity, quality, and diversity of theMathematical Sciences workforce. The resultingincrease in numbers and quality of minority students from ourregion (particularly Hispanic/Latino students) entering Ph.D.math programs will do much to lift other students' aspirationsand encourage them to pursue careers in Mathematics or with aheavy mathematical component. This change will positivelyimpact the quality of mathematical education offered in theirhigh schools and in our institution's (CSUN) undergraduateprogram. In particular, this project will alter theintellectual atmosphere among faculty and students in theinstitutions involved and will have beneficialrepercussions beyond the time-frame covered by the project itself.