Reform of Undergraduate Science & Engineering Education at The City College of New York

摘要：纽约城市大学城市学院提出了一项改革理工科学生本科体验的倡议。该项目以学院几个课程开发项目的经验为基础，使用他们的方法作为广泛适用的课程模式，他们的教师作为同事的导师。这项倡议的中心目标是增加教师对本科教育的参与。策略将包括：改变教师的奖励结构，以支持创新教学；在课程设计、评估、技术使用和其他主题方面对教员进行正式培训；教师对教师的指导和支持系统；并提供直接参与跨学科课程开发团队的机会。将取得以下成果：确定学院范围内的电子商务课程改革方案；一个活跃的SEM教师教学核心小组将定期召开会议，以促进，建议和评估课程改革举措；一个教员资源中心，即教与学中心，将投入运作，并作为具体课程改革活动的推动力量；五门科学和工程课程将采用示范课程模块和其他教学创新；越来越多的理工科教师将在课程改革方面拥有专业知识；同时，一套新的系统将开始实施，用于提高教师在教学方面的专业技能，并评估他们是否有资格获得终身教职和晋升。城市学院的机构改革项目有望显著提高学院在招聘和留住SEM本科生方面的成功，大幅提高SEM学士学位的数量和质量，为毕业生更好地为SEM专业工作做好准备，建立必要的行政结构，以确保新项目和活动的长期运作，并提供一种可在其他机构复制的SEM教育模式。

Abstract: The City College of the City University of New York proposes an initiative to reform the undergraduate experience of science and engineering students. The project builds upon the experiences of several curriculum development projects at the College, using their methods as widely applicable curricular models and their faculty as mentors to colleagues. A central aim of the proposed initiative will be to increase the engagement of faculty in undergraduate education. Strategies will include: changing the reward structure for faculty in support of innovative teaching; formal faculty training in curriculum design, assessment, uses of technology and other topics; a faculty-to-faculty mentoring and support system; and providing immediate opportunities to participate in cross-disciplinary curriculum development teams. The following outcomes will be achieved: a college-wide plan for curricular reform in SEM will be defined; an active SEM faculty teaching caucus will meet regularly to promote, advise upon, and evaluate curriculum reform initiatives; a faculty resource center, the Center for Teaching and Learning, will be operational and serving as a stimulus for specific curricular reform activities; model curriculum modules and other instructional innovations will be in place in five science and engineering courses; an increased number of science and engineering faculty will have expertise in curriculum reform; and a new system for developing faculty members' expertise in teaching and for assessing their candidacieq for tenure and promotion will be in effect. The institutional reform project at City College is expected to significantly enhance the College's success in the recruitment and retention of SEM undergraduates, substantially improve the number and quality of SEM baccalaureates, better prepare graduates for the SEM professional workplace, establish the administrative structures necessary to ensure the long-term operation of new programs and activities, and provide an SEM educational mode l which can be replicated at other institutions.