"I have more than 1000 students on a waiting list for math classes, and no faculty to teach them," said Jerry Rosenberg, Dean of Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering at De Anza Community College in Cupertino, California.
Thanks to this initiative, approximately 250 of those students will be able to take a math class from one of the new Institute postdocs at the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) in Palo Alto, California. According to Brian Conrey, Executive Director of AIM, "We were aware of the dire need for math instructors at California colleges, and we saw the Institute postdocs as a way to help address that need. This will bring enthusiastic young instructors into the classroom, and allow the postdocs to further develop their teaching skills."