Implementation Proposal-MIE Program Phase II

Sistema University Ana G.Mendez(SUAGM)由三个机构组成：大都会大学(UMET)、图拉博大学(UT)和埃斯特学院(CUE)。南洋理工大学目前招收19,600名学生，是岛上第二大私立大学。圣母大学主要服务于经济和教育上处于不利地位的学生。1995年10月，圣母大学参加了比赛，并获得了NSF卓越模范院校(MIE)计划奖。到目前为止，密歇根大学利用MIE计划极大地改善了其科学和数学教育基础设施(S和M)，并提高了获得扫描电子显微镜学士学位的少数学生的数量和质量。该提案提出了第二阶段的计划，该计划将改善第一阶段的成就，将UMET提高到下一级的能力水平，并开始向包括UT和CUE在内的其他机构传播其模式。第一阶段MIE的四个“基石”是：(1)课程、教学和评估；(2)教师发展；(3)招生、保留和毕业；以及(4)物理和行政基础设施。第二阶段将进一步改进1995-1999年期间建立的中等收入教育框架的每一个“基石”，并在“基石”之间建立协同作用，以确保进行综合和系统的改进工作。在第二阶段，UMET将在更大程度上专注于将其增加的SEM学生人数带到毕业并进入研究生院。为了改进课程、教学和评估，UMET将提高其10个SEM学术计划的有效性和效率，并利用机构资源将MIE课程开发过程传播到UT和CUE科学系以及其他UMET部门。UMET将通过在选定领域招聘更多具有高级学位的教员；增强现有教员在SMM领域的B9内容知识；提供改进的以学生为中心的教学计划；刺激教员的研究能力和学生参与研究；为提案开发开发改进的基础设施，提高评估教员表现的能力；并为完成博士学位的教师提供资金支持。为了提高招生、留住和毕业的质量，密歇根大学将制定一项高效的计划，以加速学生的学习、批判性思维技能和教学知识；让大学预科学生更好地认识到在S和M；M工作的好处和攻读S&M所需的技能；并开展一系列协调的活动以吸引准备更好的学生，并提供足够的学术支持服务以留住他们直到毕业。这些目标将通过一个综合性的科学支持中心(SSC)来实现。UMET将通过更好地装备UMET科学大楼、利用机构资金建造一座新的科学实验室大楼以及增强SUAGM所有SEM教员的计算机联网能力来改善其物理基础设施。为了进一步改善管理基础设施，UMET将在MIE初期制定的政策变化的基础上，继续发展UMET，并通过在整个系统中推广UMET MIE管理政策变化，在UMET和CUE校区启动转型。项目在向UMET校长报告的Juan F.Aratia博士的指导下进行管理。支持完成博士学位的教师。为了改善学生的招生、留住和毕业，UMET将制定一个高效的计划，以促进学生的学习、批判性思维技能和教学知识；让大学预科学生更好地认识到在UMET&AMP工作的好处；并开展一系列协调一致的活动，以吸引准备更充分的学生，并提供足够的学术支持服务，以留住他们直到毕业。这些目标将通过一个综合性的科学支持中心(SSC)来实现。UMET将通过更好地装备UMET科学大楼、利用机构资金建造一座新的科学实验室大楼以及增强SUAGM所有SEM教员的计算机联网能力来改善其物理基础设施。为了进一步改善行政基础设施，UMET将在MIE初期制定的政策变化的基础上，继续发展UMET，并通过在整个系统推广UMET MIE行政政策变化，在UMET和CUE校区启动转型。项目在向UMET校长报告的Juan F.Aratia博士的指导下进行管理。

The Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez (SUAGM) is comprised of threeinstitutions: Universidad Metropolitana (UMET); Universidad del Turabo (UT);and the Colegio Universitario del Este (CUE). SUAGM presently enrolls 19,600students and is the second largest private university on the Island. SUAGMserves principally economically and educationally disadvantaged students.In October 1995, UMET competed and won an NSF Model Institutions forExcellence (MIE) Program Award. To date UMET has used the MIE program todramatically improve its educational infrastructure in science andmathematics (S&M) and to increase the quantity and quality of minoritystudents who earn SEM baccalaureate degrees. This proposal sets forth a planfor Phase II that will improve upon Phase I accomplishments, raise UMET tothe next level of capability, and begin the process of disseminating itsmodel to other institutions including UT and CUE.The four "cornerstones" of the Phase I MIE are: (1) curriculum, instructionand assessment; (2) faculty development; (3) student recruitment, retention,and graduation; and (4) physical and administrative infrastructure. Phase IIwill further improve each "cornerstone" of the MIE framework establishedduring 1995-1999 and build synergy across the "cornerstones" to ensure anintegrated and systemic improvement effort. During Phase II, UMET willconcentrate to a greater degree on bringing its increased SEM student bodythrough graduation and onto graduate school. To improve curriculum, instruction, and assessment, UMET will increase theeffectiveness and efficiency of its 10 SEM academic programs and disseminatethe MIE curriculum development process to UT and CUE science departments andother UMET departments, using institutional resources.UMET will develop faculty by hiring additional faculty with advanced degreesin selected areas; enhancing existing facultyB9s content knowledge in SEMareas; delivering improved student centered instructional programs;stimulating faculty research capability and involvement of students inresearch; developing an improved infrastructure for proposal development,improving its ability to assess faculty performance; and providing financialsupport to faculty completing doctoral degrees.To improve student recruitment, retention, and graduation, UMET willdevelop a highly effective program for accelerating student learning,critical thinking skills, and content knowledge; provide pre-collegestudents with a greater appreciation of the benefits of careers in S&M andthe skills needed to pursue S&M studies; and conduct a coordinated set ofactivities to attract better prepared students and provide sufficientacademic support services to retain them through graduation. Theseobjectives will be achieved through a comprehensive Science Support Center(SSC).UMET will improve its physical infrastructure by better equipping the UMETScience building; building a new science laboratory building withinstitutional funds; and enhancing the computer networking capability of allSEM faculty in SUAGM. To further improve the administrative infrastructure,UMET will build on the policy changes that were developed during the initialMIE period, continue the development of UMET and initiate a transformationat both the UT and CUE campuses by extending the UMET MIE administrativepolicy changes across the System.The project is managed under the direction of Dr. Juan F. Arratia whoreports to the Chancellor of UMET.support to faculty completing doctoral degrees.To improve student recruitment, retention, and graduation, UMET willdevelop a highly effective program for accelerating student learning,critical thinking skills, and content knowledge; provide pre-collegestudents with a greater appreciation of the benefits of careers in S&M andthe skills needed to pursue S&M studies; and conduct a coordinated set ofactivities to attract better prepared students and provide sufficientacademic support services to retain them through graduation. Theseobjectives will be achieved through a comprehensive Science Support Center(SSC).UMET will improve its physical infrastructure by better equipping the UMETScience building; building a new science laboratory building withinstitutional funds; and enhancing the computer networking capability of allSEM faculty in SUAGM. To further improve the administrative infrastructure,UMET will build on the policy changes that were developed during the initialMIE period, continue the development of UMET and initiate a transformationat both the UT and CUE campuses by extending the UMET MIE administrativepolicy changes across the System.The project is managed under the direction of Dr. Juan F. Arratia whoreports to the Chancellor of UMET.