Thursday, January 14, 2010
Research Experiences for Teachers
The 2010 Research Experiences for Teachers program at Northeastern University is now accepting applications. Program information and applications can be found at www.stem.neu.edu/ret.htm.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Community College Students Invited
A note from the Biomedical Science Careers Program:
Dear Colleague:
Re: Biomedical Science Careers Student Conference
The Westin Hotel Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts
Friday Evening, February 26 and Saturday, February 27, 2010
The deadline to apply for the conference has been extended to January 22, 2010!
BSCP will hold its tenth biennial New England-wide BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS STUDENT CONFERENCE for postdoctoral fellows; medical, dental and graduate students; post-baccalaureates; college and community college students on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at The Westin Hotel Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM. All postdoctoral fellows; medical, dental and graduate students; post-baccalaureates; college and community college students are also welcome to join us on Friday evening, February 26 for dinner and keynote address. Dinner will be followed by interactive workshops. There is no registration fee for the conference but pre-registration is required.
We are asking for your help in recruiting postdoctoral fellows; medical, dental and graduate students; college and community college students; post-baccalaureates (particularly African-American, Hispanic American and American Indian/Alaska Native individuals) involved in biomedical or health-related field who would benefit from attending this conference.
Students interested in receiving an application form and tentative agenda need to e-mail us as soon as possible at fahri_ercem@hms.harvard.edu
Thank you in advance for any assistance you could provide.
Best regards,
The BSCP Team
_______________________________________
Mr. Fahri Ercem Biomedical Science Careers Program
Office for Diversity and Community Partnership
Harvard Medical School
164 Longwood Avenue, # 310 Boston, MA 02115 Phone: (617) 432-2729 Fax: (617) 432-3834http://www.bscp.org
Dear Colleague:
Re: Biomedical Science Careers Student Conference
The Westin Hotel Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts
Friday Evening, February 26 and Saturday, February 27, 2010
The deadline to apply for the conference has been extended to January 22, 2010!
BSCP will hold its tenth biennial New England-wide BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CAREERS STUDENT CONFERENCE for postdoctoral fellows; medical, dental and graduate students; post-baccalaureates; college and community college students on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at The Westin Hotel Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM. All postdoctoral fellows; medical, dental and graduate students; post-baccalaureates; college and community college students are also welcome to join us on Friday evening, February 26 for dinner and keynote address. Dinner will be followed by interactive workshops. There is no registration fee for the conference but pre-registration is required.
We are asking for your help in recruiting postdoctoral fellows; medical, dental and graduate students; college and community college students; post-baccalaureates (particularly African-American, Hispanic American and American Indian/Alaska Native individuals) involved in biomedical or health-related field who would benefit from attending this conference.
Students interested in receiving an application form and tentative agenda need to e-mail us as soon as possible at fahri_ercem@hms.harvard.edu
Thank you in advance for any assistance you could provide.
Best regards,
The BSCP Team
_______________________________________
Mr. Fahri Ercem Biomedical Science Careers Program
Office for Diversity and Community Partnership
Harvard Medical School
164 Longwood Avenue, # 310 Boston, MA 02115 Phone: (617) 432-2729 Fax: (617) 432-3834http://www.bscp.org
Friday, December 4, 2009
Gates Foundation Dedicates funds to Community Colleges
From the Gates Foundation:
Global Skills for College Completion (GSCC) ($3.6 million) to innovate math and writing basic skills pedagogy via Web 2.0 and social media that consistently results in increased student pass rates, and is driven by an online community of 26 outstanding basic skills faculty in 16 states on 13 campuses. GSCC is a collaboration between the League for Innovation in Community College, LaGuardia Community College, Knowledge in the Public Interest, and the Community College Research Center.
Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE) ($5 million) to produce developmental mathematics course materials that will be made available as an OER. The project aims to dramatically increase the number of students that meet the required mathematics standards for admittance to desirable postsecondary educational programs and career opportunities through interactive and adaptive multimedia and games. Individual students and teachers will have free access to the material through the HippoCampus website, and institutional rights-of-use may be purchased with a nominal membership fee.
Carnegie Mellon University’s Community College Open Learning Initiative (CC-OLI) ($2.5 million) for the collaborative development, use, evaluation, and continuous improvement of web-based open learning environments for high-demand “gatekeeper” courses. The CC-OLI learning environments will be developed by teams of learning scientists, human-computer interaction experts, software engineers, and faculty subject matter experts from over 40 community colleges across the country. The project will use intelligent tutoring systems, virtual labs, simulations, and provide frequent opportunities for assessment and feedback to combine the best technology with person-to-person instruction in “blended” courses. The target, over the next three years, is to increase successful course completion rates in the classes using CC-OLI by 25 percent.
National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT) ($1.8 million) to engage community colleges in redesigning developmental math based on proven methods of integrating technology and learner-centered pedagogy. Course redesign at NCAT partner institutions has resulted in an average of 51 percent increase in course completions and 37 percent reduction in instructional costs."
To read more about the projects or to apply for a grant (if applicable), please visit the Gates Foundation for more information or the specific grantees/partner websites.
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/press-releases/Pages/fundamental-changes-to-community-college-education-091203.aspx
"Emerging Technologies Ready to Reshape Community Colleges
Investments of $12.9 million aimed at boosting graduation rates, fostering faculty collaboration, creating new learning tools"
Investments of $12.9 million aimed at boosting graduation rates, fostering faculty collaboration, creating new learning tools"
"A summary of the grants announced today:
Global Skills for College Completion (GSCC) ($3.6 million) to innovate math and writing basic skills pedagogy via Web 2.0 and social media that consistently results in increased student pass rates, and is driven by an online community of 26 outstanding basic skills faculty in 16 states on 13 campuses. GSCC is a collaboration between the League for Innovation in Community College, LaGuardia Community College, Knowledge in the Public Interest, and the Community College Research Center.
Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE) ($5 million) to produce developmental mathematics course materials that will be made available as an OER. The project aims to dramatically increase the number of students that meet the required mathematics standards for admittance to desirable postsecondary educational programs and career opportunities through interactive and adaptive multimedia and games. Individual students and teachers will have free access to the material through the HippoCampus website, and institutional rights-of-use may be purchased with a nominal membership fee.
Carnegie Mellon University’s Community College Open Learning Initiative (CC-OLI) ($2.5 million) for the collaborative development, use, evaluation, and continuous improvement of web-based open learning environments for high-demand “gatekeeper” courses. The CC-OLI learning environments will be developed by teams of learning scientists, human-computer interaction experts, software engineers, and faculty subject matter experts from over 40 community colleges across the country. The project will use intelligent tutoring systems, virtual labs, simulations, and provide frequent opportunities for assessment and feedback to combine the best technology with person-to-person instruction in “blended” courses. The target, over the next three years, is to increase successful course completion rates in the classes using CC-OLI by 25 percent.
National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT) ($1.8 million) to engage community colleges in redesigning developmental math based on proven methods of integrating technology and learner-centered pedagogy. Course redesign at NCAT partner institutions has resulted in an average of 51 percent increase in course completions and 37 percent reduction in instructional costs."
To read more about the projects or to apply for a grant (if applicable), please visit the Gates Foundation for more information or the specific grantees/partner websites.
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/press-releases/Pages/fundamental-changes-to-community-college-education-091203.aspx
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Investing in Tomorrow's Engineering Leaders (ITEL)
So as some of you may know, we have received an NSF S-STEM grant, which provides scholarships to students with a demonstrated financial need majoring in STEM fields. Our grant is focused on engineering students and has 6 scholarships to award for the 2010-2011 academic year to Community College Transfer students.
While we are still working on populating the site, we've prepared the application information on the ITEL website (www.stem.neu.edu/itel.htm). We look forward to getting many great applications from the students at our partner institutions, as we hope this scholarship will provide a great opportunity to many students who would not attend Northeastern because of the current cost of the university.
Keep checking out the website as we update the information!
While we are still working on populating the site, we've prepared the application information on the ITEL website (www.stem.neu.edu/itel.htm). We look forward to getting many great applications from the students at our partner institutions, as we hope this scholarship will provide a great opportunity to many students who would not attend Northeastern because of the current cost of the university.
Keep checking out the website as we update the information!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Strengthening Pre-collegiate Education in Community Colleges (SPECC)
Strengthening Pre-collegiate Education in Community Colleges (SPECC)
We are pleased to announce a new set of reports and products from our three-year project, Strengthening Pre-collegiate Education in Community Colleges (SPECC). Drawn from the work on the 11 participating campuses, these materials were produced over the final year and a half of the project by different members of the Carnegie team. Faculty, campus administrative leaders, policy makers, researchers and others interested in improving basic skills education are invited to download the full set of materials below. Please note that this site includes additional resources as well, including multimedia exhibits, short “Carnegie Perspectives” essays, and summaries by each campus of its SPECC activities.
Basic Skills for Complex Lives: Designs for Learning in the Community College
Download PDF »
Listening to Students About Learning
By Andrea Conklin Bueschel
Download PDF »
The Promise of Faculty Inquiry for Teaching and Learning Basic Skills
By Mary Taylor Huber
Download PDF »
Faculty Inquiry in Action: Guidelines for Working Together to Improve Student Learning
Download PDF »
Strengthening Pre-collegiate Education in Community Colleges: Project Summary and Recommendations
Download PDF »
Change and Sustain/Ability: A Program Director’s Reflections on Institutional Learning
By Rose Asera
Download PDF »
Toward Informative Assessment and a Culture of Evidence
By Lloyd Bond
Download PDF »
We are pleased to announce a new set of reports and products from our three-year project, Strengthening Pre-collegiate Education in Community Colleges (SPECC). Drawn from the work on the 11 participating campuses, these materials were produced over the final year and a half of the project by different members of the Carnegie team. Faculty, campus administrative leaders, policy makers, researchers and others interested in improving basic skills education are invited to download the full set of materials below. Please note that this site includes additional resources as well, including multimedia exhibits, short “Carnegie Perspectives” essays, and summaries by each campus of its SPECC activities.
Basic Skills for Complex Lives: Designs for Learning in the Community College
Download PDF »
Listening to Students About Learning
By Andrea Conklin Bueschel
Download PDF »
The Promise of Faculty Inquiry for Teaching and Learning Basic Skills
By Mary Taylor Huber
Download PDF »
Faculty Inquiry in Action: Guidelines for Working Together to Improve Student Learning
Download PDF »
Strengthening Pre-collegiate Education in Community Colleges: Project Summary and Recommendations
Download PDF »
Change and Sustain/Ability: A Program Director’s Reflections on Institutional Learning
By Rose Asera
Download PDF »
Toward Informative Assessment and a Culture of Evidence
By Lloyd Bond
Download PDF »
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Fall Open Houses at Northeastern University for Seniors and Transfer students
Please pass on information to your students. (Registration required)
http://www.northeastern.edu/admissions/open_house/index.html
Dates - October 17, 31 November 7
Women in Engineering Day - 10/30/09Women in Engineering Day is an all day event for high school girls and their parents to find out more about our program. This year it is scheduled for Friday, October 30, 2009. The day starts out with a Welcome Continental breakfast, several information presentations, and a student panel of engineering women ready to answer all of your questions. Over lunch, meet our Admissions, Financial Aid, and Residential Life staff. The afternoon includes visits to our engineering research facilities with lots of fun activities. The day ends with an optional campus tour. To reserve a spot, please e-mail Rachelle Reisberg at r.reisberg@neu.edu by October 17th.
Please pass on information to your students. (Registration required)
http://www.northeastern.edu/admissions/open_house/index.html
Dates - October 17, 31 November 7
Women in Engineering Day - 10/30/09Women in Engineering Day is an all day event for high school girls and their parents to find out more about our program. This year it is scheduled for Friday, October 30, 2009. The day starts out with a Welcome Continental breakfast, several information presentations, and a student panel of engineering women ready to answer all of your questions. Over lunch, meet our Admissions, Financial Aid, and Residential Life staff. The afternoon includes visits to our engineering research facilities with lots of fun activities. The day ends with an optional campus tour. To reserve a spot, please e-mail Rachelle Reisberg at r.reisberg@neu.edu by October 17th.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
How People Learn
Our first How People Learn session will take place this Friday at Northern Essex Community College from 11:00 until 2:30. Dr Zahopoulos (PI for this STEP grant) will again lead this seminar which will consist of 4 different sessions throughout the academic year. While it is being hosted at Northern Essex Community College, all institutions are welcome to join. If you are interested in attending a session or would like more information about the seminar, please contact Ryan Sauve at r.sauve@neu.edu
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