Implementation Proposal-MIE Program Phase II

Ana G. Mendez大学系统（SUAGM）由三个机构组成：大都会大学（UMET）；图拉博大学（UT）；埃斯特大学（CUE）。SUAGM目前招收19,600名学生，是岛上第二大私立大学。学校主要为经济和教育条件差的学生提供服务。1995年10月，UMET参加了美国国家科学基金会（NSF）优秀示范机构（MIE）项目奖的竞赛，并获得了该奖。迄今为止，麻省理工大学已经使用MIE项目极大地改善了其在科学和数学（S&amp；M）方面的教育基础设施，并提高了获得SEM学士学位的少数民族学生的数量和质量。该提案提出了第二阶段的计划，该计划将改进第一阶段的成就，将UMET的能力提升到一个新的水平，并开始向包括UT和CUE在内的其他机构传播其模式。第一阶段MIE的四个“基石”是：(1)课程、教学和评估；(2)师资队伍建设；（三）招生、留校、毕业；(4)物质和行政基础设施。第三阶段将进一步改进1995-1999年期间建立的MIE框架的每个“基石”，并在“基石”之间建立协同作用，以确保综合和系统的改进工作。在第二阶段，UMET将更加专注于将其增加的SEM学生人数增加到毕业和研究生院。为了改善课程、教学和评估，东华理工大学将提高其10个SEM学术项目的有效性和效率，并利用学校资源将MIE课程开发过程传播给UT和CUE科学系以及东华理工大学的其他部门。UMET将通过在选定领域雇用具有高级学位的额外教师来发展教师队伍；加强现有教师在SEMareas的内容知识；提供改进的以学生为中心的教学方案；激发教师的研究能力和学生的研究参与；开发改进的提案开发基础设施，提高其评估教师绩效的能力；并为完成博士学位的教师提供财政支持。为了提高学生的招生、留校率和毕业率，UMET将制定一个非常有效的计划，以加速学生的学习、批判性思维技能和内容知识；为大学预科学生提供更多关于S&amp；M职业的好处和追求S&amp；M研究所需的技能的认识；并开展一系列协调一致的活动，以吸引准备更充分的学生，并提供足够的学术支持服务，以留住他们直到毕业。这些目标将通过一个综合的科学支持中心（SSC）来实现。UMET将通过更好地装备UMET科学楼来改善其物理基础设施；利用机构资金新建科学实验楼；提高我校所有管理学院的计算机联网能力。为了进一步改善管理基础设施，UMET将在初始MIE时期制定的政策变化的基础上，继续UMET的发展，并通过在整个系统中扩展UMET MIE的行政政策变化，在UT和CUE校园中发起转型。该项目在Juan F. Arratia博士的指导下进行管理，他向UMET校长报告。支持教师完成博士学位。为了提高学生的招生、留校率和毕业率，UMET将制定一个非常有效的计划，以加速学生的学习、批判性思维技能和内容知识；为大学预科学生提供更多关于S&amp；M职业的好处和追求S&amp；M研究所需的技能的认识；并开展一系列协调一致的活动，以吸引准备更充分的学生，并提供足够的学术支持服务，以留住他们直到毕业。这些目标将通过一个综合的科学支持中心（SSC）来实现。UMET将通过更好地装备UMET科学楼来改善其物理基础设施；利用机构资金新建科学实验楼；提高我校所有管理学院的计算机联网能力。为了进一步改善管理基础设施，UMET将在初始MIE时期制定的政策变化的基础上，继续UMET的发展，并通过在整个系统中扩展UMET MIE的行政政策变化，在UT和CUE校园中发起转型。该项目在Juan F. Arratia博士的指导下进行管理，他向UMET校长报告。

The Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez (SUAGM) is comprised of threeinstitutions: Universidad Metropolitana (UMET); Universidad del Turabo (UT);and the Colegio Universitario del Este (CUE). SUAGM presently enrolls 19,600students and is the second largest private university on the Island. SUAGMserves principally economically and educationally disadvantaged students.In October 1995, UMET competed and won an NSF Model Institutions forExcellence (MIE) Program Award. To date UMET has used the MIE program todramatically improve its educational infrastructure in science andmathematics (S&M) and to increase the quantity and quality of minoritystudents who earn SEM baccalaureate degrees. This proposal sets forth a planfor Phase II that will improve upon Phase I accomplishments, raise UMET tothe next level of capability, and begin the process of disseminating itsmodel to other institutions including UT and CUE.The four "cornerstones" of the Phase I MIE are: (1) curriculum, instructionand assessment; (2) faculty development; (3) student recruitment, retention,and graduation; and (4) physical and administrative infrastructure. Phase IIwill further improve each "cornerstone" of the MIE framework establishedduring 1995-1999 and build synergy across the "cornerstones" to ensure anintegrated and systemic improvement effort. During Phase II, UMET willconcentrate to a greater degree on bringing its increased SEM student bodythrough graduation and onto graduate school. To improve curriculum, instruction, and assessment, UMET will increase theeffectiveness and efficiency of its 10 SEM academic programs and disseminatethe MIE curriculum development process to UT and CUE science departments andother UMET departments, using institutional resources.UMET will develop faculty by hiring additional faculty with advanced degreesin selected areas; enhancing existing facultyB9s content knowledge in SEMareas; delivering improved student centered instructional programs;stimulating faculty research capability and involvement of students inresearch; developing an improved infrastructure for proposal development,improving its ability to assess faculty performance; and providing financialsupport to faculty completing doctoral degrees.To improve student recruitment, retention, and graduation, UMET willdevelop a highly effective program for accelerating student learning,critical thinking skills, and content knowledge; provide pre-collegestudents with a greater appreciation of the benefits of careers in S&M andthe skills needed to pursue S&M studies; and conduct a coordinated set ofactivities to attract better prepared students and provide sufficientacademic support services to retain them through graduation. Theseobjectives will be achieved through a comprehensive Science Support Center(SSC).UMET will improve its physical infrastructure by better equipping the UMETScience building; building a new science laboratory building withinstitutional funds; and enhancing the computer networking capability of allSEM faculty in SUAGM. To further improve the administrative infrastructure,UMET will build on the policy changes that were developed during the initialMIE period, continue the development of UMET and initiate a transformationat both the UT and CUE campuses by extending the UMET MIE administrativepolicy changes across the System.The project is managed under the direction of Dr. Juan F. Arratia whoreports to the Chancellor of UMET.support to faculty completing doctoral degrees.To improve student recruitment, retention, and graduation, UMET willdevelop a highly effective program for accelerating student learning,critical thinking skills, and content knowledge; provide pre-collegestudents with a greater appreciation of the benefits of careers in S&M andthe skills needed to pursue S&M studies; and conduct a coordinated set ofactivities to attract better prepared students and provide sufficientacademic support services to retain them through graduation. Theseobjectives will be achieved through a comprehensive Science Support Center(SSC).UMET will improve its physical infrastructure by better equipping the UMETScience building; building a new science laboratory building withinstitutional funds; and enhancing the computer networking capability of allSEM faculty in SUAGM. To further improve the administrative infrastructure,UMET will build on the policy changes that were developed during the initialMIE period, continue the development of UMET and initiate a transformationat both the UT and CUE campuses by extending the UMET MIE administrativepolicy changes across the System.The project is managed under the direction of Dr. Juan F. Arratia whoreports to the Chancellor of UMET.