RUME 25
2023
Omaha, Nebraska
A Survey of Programs Preparing Graduate Students to Teach Undergraduate Mathematics
Page: 1044
In the last decade there has been a concerted effort to improve the preparation of graduate students for teaching undergraduate mathematics. Now, it is important to gauge the current state of the national landscape of graduate teaching assistant (GTA) professional development for teaching (PDT) and to assess the current needs of the community. To this end, a census survey was conducted in Fall 2021 of Ph.D-granting mathematics departments in the US. The survey followed up and extended a similar survey conducted in 2014. Some survey questions were duplicated, while others probed more deeply into the depth and extent of the GTA PDT being offered. In this paper we compare some results from the surveys, comment on how the landscape of GTA PDT has changed, and highlight areas that deserve additional attention moving forward.