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Evaluation of NSF's Program of Grants and Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences (VIGRE)

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Committee to Evaluate the NSF's Vertically Integrated Grants for Research and Education (VIGRE) Program
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In 1998, the National Science Foundation (NSF) launched a program of Grants for Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences (VIGRE). These grants were designed for institutions with PhD-granting departments in the mathematical sciences, for the purpose ...
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Summary	1-6	(skim)
1 Introduction	7-20	(skim)
2 Background of the VIGRE Program	21-34	(skim)
3 The VIGRE Program	35-46	(skim)
4 Administering, Monitoring, and Assessing the Program	47-56	(skim)
5 Program Achievements	57-70	(skim)
6 Recommendations	71-78	(skim)
Bibliography and References	79-80	(skim)
Appendixes	81-82	(skim)
Appendix A: Biographies of Committee Members	83-88	(skim)
Appendix B: The Mathematical Sciences in the 1980s and 1990s	89-98	(skim)
Appendix C: Data Requested from Departments	99-104	(skim)
Appendix D: The Mathematical Sciences Since 1998	105-112	(skim)
Appendix E: Presentations to the Committee	113-114	(skim)
Appendix F: Acronyms	115-116	(skim)

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In 1998, the National Science Foundation (NSF) launched a program of Grants for Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences (VIGRE). These grants were designed for institutions with PhD-granting departments in the mathematical sciences, for the purpose of developing high-quality education programs, at all levels, that are vertically integrated with the research activities of these departments. To date, more than 50 departments at 40 institutions have received VIGRE awards.

As requested by NSF, the present volume reviews the goals of the VIGRE program and evaluates how well the program is designed to address those goals. The book considers past and current practices for assessing the VIGRE program; draws tentative conclusions about the program's achievements based on the data collected to date; and evaluates NSF's plans for future data-driven assessments. In addition, critical policy and programmatic changes for the program are identified, with recommendations for how to address these changes.

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