Collaborative Research: A Two-Year College/Four-year University Partnership to Transform Chemistry and Biotechnology Curricula using FT-NMR

格伦代尔社区学院（GCC）与亚利桑那州立大学西校区（ASU West）合作，将NMR光谱仪和其他仪器的使用与有机化学和生物技术实践经验的教学改革相结合。这种结合正在建立一个强大的基础STEM教育计划，提高学生为工业和四年制学位课程做好准备的质量。具体而言，目标是：1。通过创建专注于并行仪器，其他实验室技术技能和教学变化（包括仪器的实际使用）的课程，连接化学和生物技术课程。2.通过利用海湾合作委员会与亚利桑那州立大学西部的合作伙伴关系，使社区学院的学生沉浸在大学的研究环境中。这种伙伴关系为学生提供了进入四年制学位课程的明确途径，预计将增加学生在追求和获得高级学位方面的未来成功。3.创建一个评估循环，重点是学生的成功和学生接触仪器和修订的教学法之间的联系。智力优势。 由于班级规模小，教师与学生的比例高，GCC是一个理想的环境，在其中最大限度地提高学生接触动手，积极参与学习过程中的策略，并评估教学技术。GCC学生正在使用最新的教学技术从学术和研究级仪器上获得宝贵和广泛的经验。他们还通过一个独特的计划，使他们接触到亚利桑那州立大学西部的研究环境，研究传播，以及潜在的学术，政府和行业职业的专业发展机会。更广泛的影响。 海湾合作委员会是十个社区学院之一，在马尔马拉县社区学院区（MCCD），在世界上最大的社区学院区之一。海湾合作委员会的学生群体是高度多样化的，33%的学生（其中24.9%是西班牙裔）是STEM领域代表性不足的群体的成员。因此，该项目为代表性不足的群体提供服务，包括社会经济背景较低的群体和第一代大学生。 与ASU West的联盟正在为GCC学生进入STEM领域创造一个渠道，并为他们的学士学位和研究生学习做准备。 该项目是一个利用互补工具在社区学院和大学之间建立协同和变革伙伴关系的国家模式。一个严格的评估计划是记录学生的仪器的理解时，结合实践教学法，以及态度的变化，作为这个项目的结果。参与的教师将通过在相关同行评审期刊上发表文章和在适当会议上发表演讲来传播该项目的成果。他们还正在举办研讨会，旨在积极鼓励其他MCCCD学院采用该项目，特别是那些已经配备了NMR仪器的学院。

In collaboration with Arizona State University at the West campus (ASU West), Glendale Community College (GCC) is integrating the use of an NMR spectrometer and other instrumentation with a pedagogical change to hands-on experiences across organic chemistry and biotechnology. This combination is establishing a strong foundational STEM educational program that improves the quality of student preparedness for industry and four-year degree programs. Specifically, the objectives are: 1. To bridge chemistry and biotechnology curricula by creating courses that focus on parallel instrumentation, other laboratory technical skills, and pedagogical changes that include hands-on use of the instrumentation. 2. To immerse community college students in the university research environment by leveraging GCC's partnership with ASU West. This partnership provides students with a clear route for entry into four-year degree programs and is expected to increase the future success of the students in the pursuit and attainment of advanced degrees. 3. To create an assessment loop that focuses on the links between student success and the exposure of students to instrumentation and to revised instructional pedagogy. Intellectual Merit. Because of the small class size and high faculty to student ratio, GCC is an ideal setting in which to maximize student exposure to hands-on, active-participation strategies in the learning process, and to assess pedagogical techniques. GCC students are gaining from valuable and extensive experience on both academic and research grade instrumentation using up-to-date pedagogical techniques. They also are given opportunities for professional development through a unique program that exposes them to the ASU West research environment, research dissemination, and potential academic, government and industry careers. Broader Impacts. GCC is one of ten community colleges in the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCD), one of the largest community college districts in the world. The GCC student population is highly diverse with 33% (of which 24.9% are Hispanic) of the students being members of groups underrepresented in STEM fields. Thus, the project is serving underrepresented groups including those from low socioeconomic backgrounds and first-generation college students. The alliance with ASU West is creating a pipeline for GCC students to enter STEM fields, and is preparing them for baccalaureate and graduate studies. The project serves as a national model of using complementary instruments to develop a synergistic and transformative partnership between a Community College and a University. A rigorous evaluative program is documenting student understanding of instrumentation when integrated with hands-on pedagogy as well as attitude changes as a result of this project. The faculty involved will disseminate the results of the project through publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals and by presentations at appropriate conferences. They also are conducting workshops with the intent of aggressively encouraging adoption of this project at other MCCCD colleges, especially those already equipped with an NMR instrument.