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