Dr. Patrick Killion Director of First-Year Research Programs Office - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

• Dr. Patrick Killion

Director of First-Year Research Programs Office of the Provost & Senior Vice President University of Maryland

FIRST-YEAR CHALLENGES

One Approach to Provide First-Year Students:

• Authentic Faculty & Institutional Connections
• Profession-Relevant Experiences
• Meaningful Social Networks
• More than Organizations & Student Affairs
• Relationships with Successful Upper Division Students
• Broad Mentorship (personal, academic & research)

UMD, Office of Institutional Research, Planning & Assessment (IRPA)

UMD, Office of Institutional Research, Planning & Assessment (IRPA)

UMD, Office of Institutional Research, Planning & Assessment (IRPA)

UMD, Office of Institutional Research, Planning & Assessment (IRPA)

Office of Institutional Research, Planning & Assessment (IRPA)

FIRST-YEAR POPULATIONS & CHALLENGES

• Support Underserved First-Year & Transfer Students


Affect Experience, Retention, Success & Time To Graduation

• Assist Undeclared Students in Major Discovery
• Further Integrate Research & Education Missions:


Tear Down the Wall

* approximated annual new students

30% 35% 35%

Honors & College Park Scholars FYF Non-Honors & College Park Scholars FYF Transfer

based on FIRE expands the FRI model:

• FYF & Transfer Students
• STEM + Beyond-STEM
• Innovation & Research Focus
• Regional Partnerships (NIH, NCI)

Program Information

• Started in 2005.
• > 800 freshmen per year.
• > 40% from underrepresented groups.
• > 70% still researching at the end of third year.
• Publication in review.

Assessment Outcomes

• Higher GPAs & Retention
• Greater Success in First

Year Courses

FIRE provides first-year students research experience, broad mentorship and social connectivity that impacts academic success and professional development.

FIRE MISSION STATEMENT

FIRE STREAMS

dedicated mentorship CRLA IMTPC

FIRE PROGRAM FLOW

General Education Course Credit

HIGH IMPACT PRACTICES

Employed:

• First-Year Seminars & Experiences
• Learning Communities
• Writing-Intensive Courses
• Collaborative Assignments & Projects
• Undergraduate Research

Enabled:

• Global Research
• Service Learning & Community-Based Learning
• Internships, Capstone Courses & Projects

High-Impact Educational Practices: What They Are, Who Has Access to Them, and Why They Matter
 George D. Kuh (AAC&U, 2008)

T-SHAPED PROFESSIONALS

T-Summit, 2014-15 http://tsummit2014.org/t

IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS

• Open (RFP) vs. Closed

• 2014/15: Launching 8 Research Streams:


Supporting ~8 Research Educators
 Supporting 32+ Peer Mentors
 Serving 225+ First-Year Students


• 2015/16 RFP In-Progress

Faculty Leader:

• Dr. Brooke Liu

Research Institute Affiliation: National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) Faculty Leaders:

• Dr. Carl Lejuez., Dr. Laura MacPherson, Dr. Richard

Yi Research Institute Affiliation: Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research (CAPER)

Faculty Leader:

• Dr. Daniel Stein

Faculty Leader:

• Dr. Jon Dinman

Faculty Leaders:

• Dr. Mihai Pop
• Dr. Michael Cummings

• Dr. Steve Mount
• Dr. Sridhar Hannenhalli

Faculty Leaders:

• Dr. Lars J. Olson, Dr. Anna Alberini, Dr. Sebastien Houde

Faculty Leaders:

• Dr. Charles Delwiche
• Dr. Najib El-Sayed
• Dr. Sally Horner (Anne Arundel Community College)

Faculty Leader:

• Dr. Bernard Cooperman

Though typically waged at a physical and cognitive distance, modern warfare is an intimate part of our national experience and identity. Using World War I as our laboratory case, students will undertake projects that help to trace the often hidden lines between distant violence and the basic structures and attitudes that define our society. Students will draw on a broad variety of primary sources available in the Washington DC area— libraries, newspapers, archives, museums, research centers—to trace important ways that war affects life in this area and the nation.

ASSESSMENT STRATEGY

IMPLEMENTATION: SERVING CONSTITUENCIES

Curricular & Instructional:

• Reformed General Education Program


Flexible Curricular Alignment

• Academic Unit First-Year Reforms


Curriculum Sharing

• Peer Mentoring Initiatives


Support & Institutionalization

Institutional:

• University Career Center


Accelerated Career Relevance, Professional Development, Opportunity

• Graduate School


Professional Development Incubator

• Academy for Innovation & Entrepreneurship


Support Innovation-based Activities

• International Affairs


Enable Career-Relevant International Experiences

• Teaching & Learning Transformation Center (TLTC)


Demonstrative Venue for Advanced/Active/Inquiry Learning
 Broad Utilization of Peer Mentorship

IMPLEMENTATION: SERVING CONSTITUENCIES

TRANSFERABILITY

Coordinating with Existing Programs & Initiatives:

• Serving Campus Constituencies
• Building Consensus of Mission
• FRI Multisite


Sustainability:

• Primary Research Grants with Faculty
• Industry & Community Partners
• Course Replacement & Retention Value

Research Simply the Vector:

• Challenge, Growth, Mentorship, Community & Leadership

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