Educating Mathematical Scientists

Educating Mathematical Scientists

Doctoral Study and the Postdoctoral Experience in the United States

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309046909
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309566025
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1992
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 77
  • DDC: 507
  • Language: English

The goal of this book is to determine what makes certain doctoral/postdoctoral programs in mathematical sciences successful in producing large numbers of domestic Ph.D.s, including women and underrepresented minorities with sufficient professional experience and versatility to meet the research, teaching, and industrial needs of our technology-based society.

Educating Mathematical Scientists describes the characteristics of successful doctoral/postdoctoral programs, based on the diverse set of 10 universities at which site visits were made.

  • Cover
  • FRONT MATTER
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • 1 INTRODUCTION
  • 2 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
  • 3 THE PRESENT SYSTEM AND SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS
  • 4 HUMAN RESOURCE ISSUES
  • 5 FOCUSED, REALISTIC MISSION
  • 6 POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
  • 7 RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • 8 TOWARD MORE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • APPENDICES
  • APPENDIX A: DOCTORAL AND POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAM SELF-EVALUATION
  • APPENDIX B: ADVICE TO POTENTIAL GRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
  • APPENDIX C: PROFESSIONAL MASTER

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