MCTP: Mathematics Mentoring Partnership Between Arizona State University and the Maricopa County Community College District

该项目将为亚利桑那州马里科帕县社区大学的数学天才学生建立一个招聘网络，以帮助他们成功过渡到亚利桑那州立大学（ASU）的数学科学学士学位课程。这个项目除了为凤凰城地区的学生提供服务外，还将为其他地区的大学提供榜样，希望为社区大学的数学科学学生实施一个成功的过渡计划。斯科茨代尔社区学院（Scottsdale Community College）将提供夏季丰富课程，向学生介绍集合论和证明、数学金融和生物学以及计算机图形学等主题。亚利桑那州立大学将为合格的数学科学专业学生提供为期8周的暑期研究经验，包括来自斯科茨代尔暑期项目的校友，以提供专业前的经验，使他们在数学科学的职业和选择性研究生课程以及相关奖学金方面具有竞争力。此外，亚利桑那州立大学数学系将开发“项目研讨会”课程，在学年期间提供有关天气预报和大气动力学的数学问题；图像处理和傅里叶分析；网络动力学与图论；以及癌症（尤其是脑癌和前列腺癌）的数学模型。该奖项旨在为数学专业的本科生提供机会，让他们作为跨学科问题团队的一部分进行工作；阅读期刊文章，快速获得一个新课题的背景知识；使用计算机模拟作为发现工具分析开放式问题；并在适当的研讨会或研究会议上发表关于他们工作的演讲或海报。亚利桑那州立大学拥有美国最大的本科数学专业之一。这个为期5年的试点项目每年将吸引大约38名马里科帕县社区学院的数学天才学生和12名亚利桑那州立大学的数学专业学生。它旨在为社区学院和四年制院校之间的其他合作伙伴关系提供一个全国性的模式，以增加受过高等数学和科学计算训练的本科生的数量。将特别努力招收第一代大学生、女性学生和（或）数学科学领域代表性不足群体的学生。所有参加活动的学生必须是美国公民或永久居民。

This project will develop a recruitment network for mathematically talented students in community colleges in Maricopa County, Arizona, to help facilitate their successful transitions to baccalaureate programs in the mathematical sciences at Arizona State University (ASU). This project, in addition to serving students in the Phoenix area, will serve as a model for universities elsewhere hoping to implement a successful transition program for community college students in the mathematical sciences. Summer enrichment programs will be offered at Scottsdale Community College that will introduce students to topics in set theory and proofs, mathematical finance and biology, and computer graphics. An 8-week summer research experience will be offered at ASU to qualified mathematical science majors, including alumni from the summer program at Scottsdale, to provide pre-professional experience to make them competitive for careers and selective graduate programs and associated fellowships in the mathematical sciences. In addition, ASU mathematics faculty will develop "project seminar" courses, to be offered during the academic year, on mathematical problems related to weather prediction and atmospheric dynamics; image processing and Fourier analysis; network dynamics and graph theory; and mathematical models of cancer (especially brain and prostate cancer). This award is designed to provide opportunities to undergraduate mathematics majors to work as part of a team on an interdisciplinary problem; read journal articles to gain some background on a new subject quickly; analyze open-ended problems using computer simulation as a discovery tool; and present a talk or poster on their work at an appropriate workshop or research conference.Arizona State University has one of the largest undergraduate mathematics programs in the United States. This 5-year pilot project will engage approximately 38 mathematically talented students in the Maricopa County community colleges and 12 mathematics majors at ASU each year. It seeks to provide a national model for other partnerships between community colleges and 4-year institutions to increase the number of undergraduate students with advanced training in mathematics and scientific computation. Special efforts will be made to recruit students who are first-generation college students as well as students who are female and/or members of underrepresented groups in the mathematical sciences. All student participants will be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.