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Committee on Enhancing the Community College Pathway to Engineering Careers
April 1, 2004
Agenda
OPEN SESSION
8:30 |
Continental Breakfast (available in the committee room) |
9:00 |
Welcome and Introductions, James M. Rosser |
9:15 |
Comments on Charge from National Science Foundation |
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Panel: |
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Elizabeth Teles, Program Director, Education and Human Resources, NSF Bruce Kramer, Division Director, Engineering Directorate, NSF |
9:45 |
National and State Perspectives on the Community College Transfer Mission |
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Panel: |
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Warren Baker, President, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo William Beston, Adjunct Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi |
11:00 |
Break |
11:15 |
Curricular Reform and Diversity Issues |
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Panel: |
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Ilene Busch-Vishniac, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Margaret (Peggie) Weeks, Program Officer, ABET |
12:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
1:00 |
Successful Community College-Engineering Educational Institution Partnerships |
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Panel: |
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Don Day, Professor of Engineering, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland Aaron Wenger, Professor Emeritus, Itasca Community College |
CLOSED SESSION
2:00 |
Committee Discussion Deliberation of Panel Presentations Discussion of Key Research Questions for July Workshop and Phase I Report |
3:15 |
Committee’s Next Steps Review of Work Plan Process for Selection of Participants for July Workshop |
4:00 |
Adjourn |
C
Workshop on Key Issues and Exemplary Practices in Community College Engineering Science Programs and Transfer
July 7–8, 2004
Agenda
Wednesday, July 7
8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
9:00 |
Welcome and Overview of the Workshop: The Importance of Enhancing the Community College Pathway to Engineering Careers |
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James M. Rosser, President, California State University, Los Angeles, and Chair of the Committee on Enhancing the Community College Pathway to Engineering Careers John Slaughter, President and CEO, NACME William Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering |
9:30 |
Charge to the Study Committee and Purpose of Workshop: Perspectives of the National Science Foundation, Project Sponsor |
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Bruce Kramer, Division Director, Division of Engineering Education and Centers |
9:45 |
Keynote Address: Opportunities and Challenges in Improving the Community College Transfer Mission |
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Lucy Casale, Director of Community College Programs, Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement Program (MESA) Sandy K. Brooks, Program Manager, Hewlett-Packard Philanthropy and Education |
10:30 |
Break |
10:45 |
Articulation, Transfer, and Curriculum: Perspectives of Two- and Four-Year Institutions Moderator: Richard Culver, Committee Member Presentations by:
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11:45 |
Break-out Sessions |
12:30 p.m. |
Lunch (and Poster Sessions) |
1:30 |
Key Issues in Enhancing the Community College Pathway Moderator: James Rosser, Committee Chair |
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Susan Hackwood, Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of California-Riverside, and Executive Director, California Council on Science and Technology Frank Hart, Dean, Educational Institution of Engineering and Computer Science, Bluefield State College, West Virginia Jane Weyant, Assistant Dean, College of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology |
2:30 |
Break-out Sessions |
3:15 |
Break (and Poster Sessions) |
3:45 |
Recruitment, Retention, Financial Aid and Diversity: Perspectives of Two- and Four-Year Institutions Moderator: Aaron Wenger, Committee Member Presentations by:
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4:45 |
Break-out Sessions |
5:30 |
Reception (and Poster Sessions) |
Thursday, July 8
8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
9:00 |
Community College Transfer and Higher Education |
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Clifford Adelman, Senior Research Analyst, Department of Education |
9:45 |
Standards and Quality: Perspectives of Two- and Four-Year Educational Institutions Moderator: Peggie Weeks, Committee Member Presentations by:
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10:45 |
Break |
11:00 |
Break-out Sessions |
11:30 |
Report Out to Plenary Session |
12:15 p. m. |
Closing Remarks James M. Rosser, Committee Chair |
12:30 |
Adjourn |