Fostering Interdisciplinary or Integrative Learning part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context:Institutional Profiles:Spelman College
Spelman Pioneer Award in Research Competition (SPARC) Based on earlier success with Spelman student teams competing for the Microsoft Imagine Cup, the HHMI Program has recently instituted an annual research ...

What Do We Mean by "Inquiry"? part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context:Developing Inquiry Skills
× Inquiry engages a student's curiosity. It offers the thrill of discovery and fosters personal interest in material, techniques, and requirements that may otherwise seem dry, inaccessible, or ...

Learning Pathways part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context:Integrative Learning
× Student learning often occurs in a silo, where students do not need to bring knowledge and skills from one course into a different course. Integrative learning requires students to make connections between ...

Identify Resources Needed for Change part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context:Institutional Change
Many resources must be in place for an institution to develop and implement innovative and sustainable change. In a project's pilot phase, faculty leadership and faculty and staff time are critical, and ...

Enhancing Science Literacy and Research Opportunities for Pre-College and College Students part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context:Institutional Profiles:CUNY Hunter College
× http://www.hhmi.org/ Program Overview Hunter College, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, is part of the City University of New York (CUNY), the nation's largest urban university. With ...

Increasing Persistence of All Students in STEM part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context:Institutional Profiles:Swarthmore College
× As Swarthmore has expanded its commitment to provide opportunities for students with exceptional promise from diverse backgrounds, our entering students bring a wide range of skills and prior experience to ...

Developing Inquiry Skills part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context:Developing Inquiry Skills
Capstone Institution Profiles » × Inquiry skills can be infused throughout a curriculum, and can be organized to benefit both student and faculty mentor. The incentive to teach research skills that emerges ...

Find Resources to Support Student Inquiry part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context:Developing Inquiry Skills
Supporting student inquiry can be done at multiple levels and at multiple cost points. While launching a large summer research program or a curricular overhaul can be quite expensive, other activities such as ...

Use Data to Guide your Work part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context:Institutional Change
Persistence: Sustaining, Systematizing, Institutionalizing » Data analysis can help stakeholders understand the problem, illuminate issues that are not fully understood, mobilize proponents, and neutralize ...

Pathways to Institutional Change part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context:Institutional Profiles:Barnard College
× Although the natural sciences have always been a particular strength of Barnard College, the nearly quarter-century of continuous support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has allowed the ...