unm’s minority engineering bridge program: a case study in partnering a grant
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UNM’s Minority Engineering Bridge Program:
A Case Study in Partnering a GrantARL Workshop, August 18, 2003, Jackie Shane, UNM
Partnership between Arizona and New Mexico initially
Progression
• EECE approaches library
• Library creates instruction program
• Outcome evaluated
• UNM awarded second grant
EECE approached the library as a preferred partner
• why?
EECE/CSEL history of partnering
• selector/liaison relationship
• history of teaching
• grant-funded minority engineering study space
• ISTEC consortia involves dept chair and library director
Library never hesitated
• instruction coordinator recruited teachers
• instruction program designed
• agenda proposed
• flow of communication between CSEL and EECE
Students attended classes in
• engineering research
• scientific ethics
• problem-based learning
• invention design
• risk taking
• leadership
• project management
What Worked at UNM?
• prior success at working relationships
• speed in response time
• communication
• finding the right people to carry out plan
Assignment
• The chair of the Biology Dept has a grant to develop an electronic collaborative learning space to better serve rural communities. How can you involve your library and/or other departments to be partners in this grant?
• Identify the necessary departments and specific staff to be involved.
• Draw up a skeletal proposal and timeline for implementation.
• How would you evaluate the success of this program?
Specifics
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