RET Site in Engineering:Connecting with Community Colleges

该奖项为马里兰大学（UMD）学院公园的教师研究经验（RET）工程现场项目提供为期三年的持续资助，该项目名为“工程中的RET现场：在Isabel K. Lloyd博士的指导下与社区学院联系”。这个工程网站的RET提议在为期六周的暑期项目中，在马里兰州五所社区学院（CC）和UMD教师之间进行变革性的交流。这些社区学院提供了大部分马里兰大学工程学院的转学生，并为大量来自弱势群体的学生提供服务，包括少数民族、女性和经济弱势学生。该计划的重点是建立跨学科的智力联系以及跨校园的机构联系。共有36名社区学院教师，每年夏天有12名，为期三年，将由UMD教师指导，从事工程领域的前沿研究，将科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）的基本概念与技术创新整合到社区学院的STEM课堂中。学院之间的联系将得到发展和加强，以促进副学士学位学生顺利过渡到马里兰大学克拉克学院。这个RET网站将证明两年制学院和研究型大学可以共同努力，为学生加入21世纪的劳动力做好准备。

This award provides funding for a three-year continuing award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering Site program at the University of Maryland (UMD)College Park entitled, "RET Site in Engineering:Connecting with Community Colleges under the direction of Dr. Isabel K. Lloyd. This RET in Engineering Site proposes a transformative exchange between five Maryland community colleges (CC) and UMD faculty over a six-week summer program. These community colleges provide most the UMD College of Engineering's transfer students and serve large numbers of students from underrepresented groups, including minorities, women, and economically disadvantaged students. The focus of the program is to forge intellectual connections across disciplines as well as institutional connections across campuses. A total of thirty-six, community college faculty, twelve each summer for three years, will be mentored by UMD faculty and will pursue cutting edge research in engineering, integrate fundamental concepts in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) together with technological innovation into community college STEM classrooms. Institutional connections will be developed and strengthened, to facilitate successful transition of associate degree students into the Clark School st the University of Maryland. This RET Site will demonstrate that two-year colleges and research universities can work together to prepare students to join the 21st Century workforce.