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1 National Science Foundation Integrating Research and Education Brown Engineering Sesquicentennial “Engineering Connections for the Future” September 1997 Janie Fouke Case Western Reserve University

2 National Science Foundation The Issues Are teaching and research in competition? –For time –For dollars –For rewards Shouldn’t they be viewed as complementary? –Rationale for research in an educational institution?

3 National Science Foundation Agents of Change National Science Foundation Research Corporation Dreyfus Foundation Sloan Foundation

4 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Supports the establishment of a research program which is integrated with educational activities pubs@nsf.gov http://www.nsf.gov

5 National Science Foundation Combined Research-Curriculum Development (CRCD) Folds exciting research advances in technology into curriculum pubs@nsf.gov http://www.nsf.gov

6 National Science Foundation Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar Award Funds research and course development Supports student participation in research awards@rescorp.org http://www.rescorp.org

7 National Science Foundation Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Faculty start-up grants for undergraduate institution Funds faculty-undergraduate research admin@dreyfus.org http://www.dreyfus.org

8 National Science Foundation Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship programs Educational outreach with professional societies Career development activities gassman@sloan.org http://www.sloan.org

9 National Science Foundation Agents of Change Duke University University of Missouri University of Cal-Los Angeles Carnegie Mellon

10 National Science Foundation Duke University Center for Teaching and Learning –Development of discovery-based courses –Transfer cognitive research results to classroom practices –Evaluate teaching effectiveness of faculty Preparing Future Faculty program –Effective teaching methods for graduate students

11 National Science Foundation University of Missouri Discovery-based courses at introductory levels Future K-12 teachers experience pedagogy intensive science courses Residential communities for freshmen which promote interdisciplinary research

12 National Science Foundation Relevance? “If the companies founded by MIT graduates and faculty formed an independent nation, the revenues produced would make that nation the 24th largest economy in the world.” MIT: The Impact of Innovation E. Moscovitch, 1997

13 National Science Foundation University of Cal-Los Angeles Centralized Office of Instructional Development charged with developing discovery-based course Computer-based interactive multimedia courseware for large numbers of science and non-science majors

14 National Science Foundation Carnegie Mellon University Center for Teaching Excellence Center for Innovation in Learning Significant support for undergraduate research projects Student research symposium

15 National Science Foundation Perceptions By Congress? By the Agencies? Research should not be viewed as a “procurement”... but as an open-ended, essential part of the education process

16 National Science Foundation Consequences Erosion of award sizes Caps on tuition Low success rates for risky endeavors Challenging accounting/reporting requirements Separation of “research” and “education” in federal budgets Creativity vs research productivity?

17 National Science Foundation Government Performance and Results Act FY98 allocation to Agency must be accompanied by a performance plan with measurable outputs/outcomes Difficult balance between the issues on the preceding slides and the accountability required of GPRA

18 National Science Foundation Responsibility Whose? Ours Institutional reform Education of Legislative and Executive branches Education of the public/taxpayers


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