Reform of Undergraduate Science & Engineering Education at The City College of New York

摘要：纽约市立大学城市学院提出了一项改革理工科学生本科经历的倡议。该项目建立在学院的几个课程开发项目的经验，使用他们的方法作为广泛适用的课程模式和他们的教师作为导师的同事。拟议倡议的一个中心目标是增加教师对本科教育的参与。战略将包括：改变教师的奖励结构，以支持创新的教学;在课程设计，评估，技术和其他主题的使用方面的正式培训;教师对教师的指导和支持系统;以及提供参与跨学科课程开发团队的即时机会。将取得以下成果：将确定一个全校范围的SEM课程改革计划;一个活跃的SEM教师教学核心小组将定期开会，以促进、建议和评估课程改革倡议;一个教师资源中心，即教学和学习中心，将投入运作，并作为具体课程改革活动的刺激因素;将在五门科学和工程课程中设置示范课程单元和其他教学创新;更多的科学和工程系将具备课程改革方面的专门知识;一个新的制度将用于发展教师的教学专长和评估他们的终身职位和晋升候选人。城市学院的体制改革项目预计将大大提高学院在招聘和留住SEM本科生方面的成功率，大幅提高SEM学士学位的数量和质量，为SEM专业工作场所的毕业生做好更好的准备，建立必要的行政结构，以确保新课程和活动的长期运作，并提供可供其他院校仿效的教育统筹局教育模式。

Abstract: The City College of the City University of New York proposes an initiative to reform the undergraduate experience of science and engineering students. The project builds upon the experiences of several curriculum development projects at the College, using their methods as widely applicable curricular models and their faculty as mentors to colleagues. A central aim of the proposed initiative will be to increase the engagement of faculty in undergraduate education. Strategies will include: changing the reward structure for faculty in support of innovative teaching; formal faculty training in curriculum design, assessment, uses of technology and other topics; a faculty-to-faculty mentoring and support system; and providing immediate opportunities to participate in cross-disciplinary curriculum development teams. The following outcomes will be achieved: a college-wide plan for curricular reform in SEM will be defined; an active SEM faculty teaching caucus will meet regularly to promote, advise upon, and evaluate curriculum reform initiatives; a faculty resource center, the Center for Teaching and Learning, will be operational and serving as a stimulus for specific curricular reform activities; model curriculum modules and other instructional innovations will be in place in five science and engineering courses; an increased number of science and engineering faculty will have expertise in curriculum reform; and a new system for developing faculty members' expertise in teaching and for assessing their candidacieq for tenure and promotion will be in effect. The institutional reform project at City College is expected to significantly enhance the College's success in the recruitment and retention of SEM undergraduates, substantially improve the number and quality of SEM baccalaureates, better prepare graduates for the SEM professional workplace, establish the administrative structures necessary to ensure the long-term operation of new programs and activities, and provide an SEM educational mode l which can be replicated at other institutions.