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Challenges in
promoting undergraduate research in the mathematical
sciences
Feryal Alayont, Yuliya Babenko, Craig Jackson and Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo
Vol. 7 (2014), No. 3, 265–271
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Abstract |
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We describe the challenges in promoting undergraduate research in the mathematical sciences. The challenges are grouped in regards to the population that research is promoted to: students, faculty and administrators. For each category, we provide some suggestions for overcoming the challenges taking into account the variety of institutions involved. |
Keywords
undergraduate mathematics research, promoting undergraduate
research, undergraduate mentoring, student recruitment,
student retention, community of scholars
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Mathematical Subject Classification 2010
Primary: 00B25
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Milestones
Received: 15 January 2013
Revised: 29 October 2013
Accepted: 19 November 2013
Published: 28 April 2014
Communicated by Darren A. Narayan
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Authors |
| Feryal Alayont | |
| Department of Mathematics Grand Valley State University 1 Campus Drive Allendale, MI 49401 United States |
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| Yuliya Babenko | |
| Department of Mathematics and
Statistics Kennesaw State University 1000 Chastain Road, #1601 Kennesaw, GA 30144-5591 United States |
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| Craig Jackson | |
| Department of Mathematics Ohio Wesleyan University 90 South Henry Street Delaware, OH 43015 United States |
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| Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo | |
| Department of Mathematics and
Computer Science Valparaiso University 1700 Chapel Drive Valparaiso, IN 46383 United States |
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