Establishing an Instrumental Pathway Partnership between UMET, Institutos Tecnologicos de Puerto Rico and Industry

该项目建立了大都会大学（UMET）、波多黎各理工学院（ITPR）和波多黎各企业代表之间的合作伙伴关系，这些企业需要仪表、自动化和控制领域的2年制和4年制技术学位的员工。该项目正在改善理工学院两个校区的科学和数学教育，以便为当地工业培养更多合格的仪器技术人员，并促进理工学院毕业生入读理工大学四年制课程。两个ITPR校区的实验室设施正在升级，教师正在接受数学和科学内容和现代教学技术方面的专业发展。UMET正在实施仪器，自动化和控制方面的新学士学位。新学位的课程正在与ITPR一起制定，包括衔接协议。新学位广泛使用了最先进的仪器和过程控制实验室。该项目包括严格的形成性和总结性评估计划，包括由独立评估人员协调的定性和定量组成部分。项目结果正在通过会议和期刊出版物传播，并有针对性地向其他西班牙裔服务机构提供服务。

This project establishes a partnership between the Universidad Metropolitana (UMET), the Institutos Tecnologicos de Puerto Rico (ITPR) and representatives from businesses in Puerto Rico with a need for employees with 2-year and 4-year technical degrees in instrumentation, automation and control. The project is improving the science and mathematics education on two campuses of ITPR in order to produce more qualified instrumentation technicians for local industry and to facilitate the matriculation of ITPR graduates to four-year programs at UMET. The laboratory facilities on two ITPR campuses are being upgraded and the faculty are receiving professional development in math and science content and modern pedagogical techniques. UMET is implementing a new bachelors of science degree in instrumentation, automation and control. The curriculum of the new degree is being developed in conjunction with ITPR and includes articulation agreements. The new degree makes extensive use of a state-of-the-art instrumentation and process control laboratory. The project includes rigorous formative and summative evaluation plans with both qualitative and quantitative components coordinated by an independent evaluator. The project results are being disseminated through conference and journal publications with a targeted effort to reach other Hispanic serving institutions.