U.S. science education. Two-year colleges are jumping into the U.S. research pool.
U.S. science education. Two-year colleges are jumping into the U.S. research pool.
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美国的科学教育。
作者：
A. Mccook
一项新兴的努力旨在通过向庞大但以前被忽视的人才库（包括就读所谓社区大学的学生）提供研究经验来培训更多的科学家。此类学生超过 1200 万，几乎占美国本科生总数的一半，每年约有 25% 的学生转学到四年制学校。但这些努力面临着重大挑战。每周多达 18 个小时的授课和运行教学实验室被认为是社区大学教职员工的典型课程负担。除了缺乏助教之外，教授还必须在学生打下坚实的学术基础之前，将可能在两年后离开的学生送入该领域。社区大学的教职人员无法真正与规模更大、资金更充足的研究团队竞争。但他们的目标是让学生对科学感到兴奋。
A burgeoning effort seeks to train more scientists by offering research experiences to a huge but previously neglected pool of talent consisting of students who attend so-called community colleges. There are more than 12 million such students—nearly half of all U.S. undergraduates—and each year about 25% transfer to 4-year schools. But these efforts face significant challenges. Up to 18 hours a week giving lectures and running instructional labs is considered a typical course load for community college faculty members. In addition to lacking assistants, professors must send students, who may be gone after 2 years, into the field before they have acquired a solid academic foundation. And community college faculty members can9t really compete against larger, better-funded research teams. But their goal is to get students excited about science.