Leadership Activities Focused on the Leadership Role of the Liberal Arts Colleges in Maintaining America's Scientific Productivity into the 21st century

这个项目的重点是文理学院在维持美国科技生产力方面的重要作用。该项目被称为万花筒计划（PKAL），其目标是从本科科学和数学教育的最佳证据中推断出最有效的科学和数学教学模式。该项目由一个9人的执行委员会领导，并由一个20人的咨询委员会协助，该委员会由来自各种文科院校的著名科学家和科学管理人员组成。项目活动包括领导规划会议，研究本科科学和数学教育的现状和机会，确定示范性项目，召开全国座谈会，讨论规划会议提出的问题，以及制作和广泛传播一份行动报告。

This project focusses on the significant role of the liberal arts colleges in maintaining America's scientific and technological productivity. Called Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL), the goal is to deduce from the best in undergraduate science and mathematics education evidence for the most effective models for teaching and learning in science and mathematics. The project is led by a 9-person executive committee, and assisted by a 20-person advisory committee of prominent scientists and scientific administrators from a variety of kinds of liberal arts institutions. Project activities consist of leadership planning meetings, research into the state of and opportunities for undergraduate science and mathematics education, identification of exemplary programs, a national colloquium for discussion of the issues the planning meetings raise, and the production and wide dissemination of a report for action.