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Educating Mathematical Scientists Doctoral Study and the Postdoctoral Experience in the United States (1992) / Chapter Skim
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1 INTRODUCTION
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... American mathematical sciences departments, research laboratories, and industry are relying increasingly on students, faculty, and professional researchers from abroad because fewer and fewer American students are being attracted to study in the mathematical sciences and because the education that many of those students receive leaves them ill equipped to compete with their foreign counterparts. Noting the scarcity of highly qualified domestic students and the current tight employment market, some maintain that the chief problem in the doctoral and postdoctoral system is overproduction of PhDs, a problem that should be solved by encouraging students to choose other disciplines and by reducing the number of doctoral students.
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... PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THIS REPORT The charge to the committee was to determine what makes certain doctoral and postdoctoral programs in the mathematical sciences successful in producing large numbers of domestic PhDs, including women and underrepresented minorities, with sufficient professional experience and versatility to meet the research, teaching, business, and industrial needs of our technology-based society. The mathematical sciences are considered to be pure mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics and probability, operations research, and scientific computing.
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... , ,, v Graduate and postdoctoral training programs offered by mathematical sciences departments are key to the successful renewal of the profession and reform of mathematics education. Successful programs can attract individuals to a career in the mathematical sciences and can develop highly qualified teachers and researchers to stimulate, nurture, and train future generations.
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... Appendix C is a brief discussion of master's degree programs in the mathematical sciences, a feature that may form a part of a well-rounded graduate program in the future as doctoral programs become more oriented toward wider job markets, including business and industry.
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