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Pages 69-74

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From page 69...
... PRIMARY RECOMMENI) ATIONS The committee believes it is imperative to meet the goals set out in the 1984 National Plan, but the funding to meet those goals should be increased to $250 million per year, $225 million to cover the present cost of the 1984 National Plan, plus $25 million to support coherent programs that can effectively address the career path problems.
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From page 70...
... Then, too, students seem to perceive a sinkor-swim attitude among many mathematical sciences faculty members.2 These deficiencies exist despite efforts to increase graduate student funding and postdoctoral opportunities over the past five years. The drop-out rate from the mathematics career pipeline (beginning at the undergraduate level and terminating at the doctoral level)
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From page 71...
... Mathematical sciences departments should give increased recognition to faculty who act as mentors, who contribute to education, and who interact with collaborators from other disciplines, while universities should do more to help their mathematical sciences departments meet their multifaceted missions; these actions would improve the career path and thereby indirectly encourage young people to enter and remain in mathematical sciences careers. Cooperation between university mathematical sciences departments and their administrations is critical for successful implementation of this recommendation.
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From page 72...
... Support efforts toward community-wide implementation of the career path improvements called for in Recommendation II. Continue to push for adequate funding for the mathematical sciences and especially for the support of significantly more senior investigators.
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From page 73...
... Work with national groups to address issues involving human resources. Department of Defense Push for real growth in the mathematics budgets of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Army Research Office, and the Office of Naval Research.
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From page 74...
... Reassess and broaden reward structures so that they reflect the broad missions of mathematical sciences departments: research, service teaching, unclergraduate and graduate education, and contributions to the national precollege mathematics education effort. Reevaluate the use of graduate teaching assistantships, being mindful of the twin goals of highquality undergraduate instruction and well-balanced Ph.D.
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