The institute is designed to accomplish the following goals:
- increase the number of students from underrepresented groups receiving mathematics and science baccalaureate degrees, and entering the teaching workforce;
- provide opportunities for science, mathematics, engineering, and technology faculty to work with science and mathematics education faculty to develop and implement strategies to systematically remove barriers that prevent full utilization of talent from all groups in the science and mathematics teacher workforce;
- develop new initiatives to attract students, particularly underrepresented minorities, to careers in mathematics and science teaching;
- serve as a bridge between science and education faculty to ensure that both pedagogy and curriculum content are understood and utilized in science and mathematics teacher preparation programs;
- develop a database on the current status of the science and mathematics teacher workforce; and,
- serve as a clearing house for information on high quality teacher preparation programs and activities.
