The EDGE (Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education) Program is designed to strengthen the ability of women and minority students to successfully complete graduate programs in the mathematical sciences. The founders of EDGE sought to empower women entering graduate school in mathematics. In this chapter, we provide some statistics about EDGE participants and the impacts and outcomes of EDGE on these women and the field of mathematics.

The authors would like to thank Lance Bryant for his contributions to the data analysis contained in this chapter. Thanks to Tai-Danae Bradley for the use of the EDGE artwork on page 1. The authors also would like to thank Ami Radunskaya, Raegan Higgins, and the volume editors for their suggestions which improved the manuscript.

Authors and Affiliations

1. Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, USA

   Sarah Bryant

2. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA

   Jessica Spott

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Correspondence toSarah Bryant.

Editors and Affiliations

1. Science Writing Advanced Academic Program, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

   Susan D'Agostino

2. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, USA

   Sarah Bryant

3. Department of Mathematics, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

   Amy Buchmann

4. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Belmont University, Nashville, TN, USA

   Michelle Craddock Guinn

5. Division of Sciences and Mathematics, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, USA

   Leona Harris

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