NUE: Unifying Nanotechnology Education at CUNY Community Colleges

在纽约城市大学城市学院，在Ilona Kretzschmar博士的指导下，这个名为“NUE：统一城市大学社区学院的纳米技术教育”的工程学项目的主要目标是统一纽约城市大学(CUNY)系统中两年制社区学院(CC)的纳米技术教育，并创建一个从这些社区学院到高级学院(如纽约城市学院(CCNY))的更好准备的学生渠道。在过去两年里，Hostos和Bronx社区学院的教职员工与CCNY教员合作开发了一套成功测试的纳米材料课程实施程序，用于在曼哈顿特区(BMCC)、拉瓜迪亚(LGCC)、金斯伯勒(KBCC)和昆士伯勒(QBCC)社区大学实施纳米技术教育，这一目标将通过成功测试的过程来实现。除了对CC课程和学生的直接教育影响外，该项目还为不同群体的受过研究培训的学生从CCS到高中学院建立了一条渠道，并为提高保留率提供支持。学生人数分别为74人(BMCC)、53人(LGCC)、48人(KCC)和51%(QBCC)，分别来自西班牙裔或非裔美国人。因此，通过纳米材料导论课程将CC学生转移到CUNY系统中的高级学院，将增加CUNY STEM学科的整体多样性。CUNY社区学院纳米技术教育的拟议统一提供了一个前所未有的机会，可以在社区学院创建纳米技术专业知识的关键集群，这可能会影响整个CUNY系统。

The primary goal of this NUE in Engineering program entitled, "NUE: Unifying Nanotechnology Education at CUNY Community Colleges", at CUNY City College, under the direction of Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar, is to unify nanotechnology education at 2-year Community Colleges (CC) in the City University of New York (CUNY) system and to create a pipeline of better prepared students from these CCs to Senior Colleges such as the City College of New York (CCNY). This goal will be achieved using a successfully tested process for implementation of Nanomaterials curricula developed over the past two years in collaboration between Hostos and Bronx Community College faculty and CCNY faculty for the implementation of Nanotechnology Education at Borough of Manhattan (BMCC), LaGuardia (LGCC), Kingsborough (KBCC), and Queensborough (QBCC) Community Colleges.In addition to the direct educational impact on CC curriculum and students, this project also creates a pipeline for a diverse group of research-trained students from the CCs to Senior Colleges and provides support to enhance retention. The student populations are 74 (BMCC), 53 (LGCC), 48 (KCC), and 51% (QBCC) from Hispanic or African American ethnic groups. Thus, the transfer of CC students to Senior Colleges in the CUNY system via the Introduction to Nanomaterials Course will increase the overall diversity in STEM disciplines at CUNY. The proposed unification of Nanotechnology education at the CUNY community colleges provides an unprecedented opportunity to create a critical cluster of nanotechnology expertise at the community colleges, which has the potential to affect the entire CUNY system.