Advancing Computational Science at Minority Serving Institutions Workshop

这项来自东南大学研究协会（SURA）的提案是为致力于课程改革的美国少数民族服务机构（MSIs）的教师和行政领导提供为期两天的研讨会。本次研讨会的目标是使MSI教育工作者能够将计算和数据支持的科学和工程主题带入本科和研究生教育，并交流最佳教学实践。尽管在将这一领域所需的计算科学能力纳入大学课程方面取得了一些进展，但变化的步伐一直缓慢，导致在学士和研究生水平上都严重缺乏足够合格的学生。在少数族裔服务机构（MSIs）的校园里，将计算科学融入课程的问题尤其严重。沉重的教学负担和当地资源的缺乏，加上具有计算科学专业知识的教师数量有限，大大减缓了修改课程的努力。一些院校可能缺乏足够的师资力量来支持这一特殊的课程改革。本次研讨会将为参与院校提供机会，在专家的协助下，在集中不间断的环境中解决课程改革问题和规划问题。研讨会旨在为参与者提供必要的工具和信息，以阐明强有力的商业案例，进行课程改革；确定可以利用的资源和服务；制定可以提交给教务委员会、教务长和其他批准课程的机构和委员会的计划草案；并探索实现协作。

This proposal from Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) is requesting funds for a two day workshop for faculty and administrative leaders from US Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) who are committed to curricular reforms. The goal of this workshop is to enable MSI educators to bring computational and data-enabled science and engineering topics into undergraduate and graduate education and exchange best pedagogical practices.Although some strides have been made in integrating the computational science competencies required in this field into the university curriculum, the pace of change has been slow resulting in a critical shortage of sufficiently qualified students at both the baccalaureate and graduate levels. The problems of integrating computational science into the curriculum are particularly acute on the campuses of minority serving institutions (MSIs). Heavy teaching loads and the lack of local resources combined with the limited number of faculty with computational science expertise significantly slows efforts to modify the curriculum. Some institutions may lack the critical mass of faculty on their campuses to support this particular curricular reform effort. This workshop will provide an opportunity for the participating institutions to tackle curriculum reform issues and planning in a focused uninterrupted environment with expert facilitation. The workshop is designed to provide the participants with the tools and information necessary to articulate a strong business case for making curriculum changes; identify the resources and services that can be leveraged; create draft plans that can be submitted to their faculty council, provost and other bodies and committees that approve curriculum; and explore implementation collaborations.