A RESEARCH FOCUS AT SOJOURNER-DOUGLASS COLLEGE

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案旨在建立 Sojourner-Douglass学院的应用科学研究重点。为此， 学院正在提名爱丽丝·H博士。托马斯作为候选人的校外 助理研究发展奖（EARDA）：教师研究增强 支持计划（FRESP）。托马斯博士目前是 校长，也有教师的地位。她在学院呆了四年 年 Sojourner-Douglass是唯一一个四年独立的，主要是 非裔美国人，社区控制的高等教育机构， 马里兰州。学院成为一个独立的机构， 马里兰州法律于1980年2月7日和1980年6月19日被认可的 中部各州学院和学校协会高等教育委员会 教育学院？主校区位于东巴尔的摩， 马里兰州的另外四个中心位于安纳波利斯、剑桥、索尔兹伯里和 乔治王子郡在巴哈马的拿骚也有一个完整的校园。 学院？的机构计划包括：1）设立一个 应用研究，（2）通过EARDA计划培训其主任， (3)启动研究咨询委员会;（4）评估 计划

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is designed to establish an applied science research focus at Sojourner-Douglass College. To do so, the College is nominating Dr. Alice H. Thomas as a candidate for the Extramural Associates Research Development Award (EARDA): Faculty Research Enhancement Support Program (FRESP). Dr. Thomas is currently Executive Assistant to the President and also has faculty status. She been with the College for four years. Sojourner-Douglass is the only four-year independent, predominately African-American, and community controlled institution of higher education in the State Maryland. The College became an independent institution under Maryland law on February 7, 1980 and on June 19, 1980 was accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Higher Education. The College?s main campus is located in East Baltimore and it has four other centers in Maryland located in Annapolis, Cambridge, Salisbury, and Prince Georges County. There is also a full campus in Nassau, Bahamas. The College?s institution plan includes 1) the establishment of an office of applied research, (2) the training of its director through the EARDA Program, (3) the activation of a research advisory committee, and (4) an evaluation plan.