SUMMA

CURRENT SUMMA PROJECTS

SUMMA Homepage   SUMMA Archival Record     Please send comments, corrections, and suggestions to the SUMMA office of the MAA to the attention of William A. Hawkins, Ph.D.     Return to the top of the page.                 Return to the top of the page.         Return to the top of the page.                       Thank you for visiting our page, please come again. Updated: 5/31/97 Author: Katie Ambruso

Small Grants Project With funds from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the MAA/SUMMA has made 62 planning grants of up to $5000.00 to mathematicians to enable them to visit ongoing projects, attend workshops on project design and proposal writing, and participate in a network with other project directors to learn how to conduct a project on their campuses for pre-college minority students. SUMMAConsortium SUMMA maintains through e-mail, conferences, a newsletter, and telephone consultations a network of 200 mathematicians who have a stake in pre-college minority education through sharing of lessons, funding advice, and technical issues. Archival Record SUMMA houses a current archival record of pictures and biographies of Ph.D.s in mathematics and mathematics education who are members of minority groups and who were American citizens at the time they received their degrees. With the mathematicians who have given permission, information is available for students.   Attracting Minorities into Teaching SUMMA completed a study published by the MAA that addresses national concerns. Copies of this study are available.   Faculty Enhancement/Professional Development SUMMA conducts a project with Tribal College mathematics faculty on teaching with calculators and new pedagogy to encourage American Indian teacher aides to become classroom mathematics teachers. SUMMA staff work jointly with mathematics faculty, classroom teachers and pre-service teachers at minority serving institutions on teaching calculus with calculators. Each year at the annual joint mathematics meetings, SUMMA/MAA hosts a meeting for faculty at minority serving institutions to share mutual concerns. Minority Graduate Student Survey SUMMA has interviewed 233 of the identified 657 minority graduate students at the 505 graduate degree granting institutions in order to learn their needs to provide necessary mentoring through an electronic network. Return to the top of the page.