The HowardUTEPAGEP Alliance: Unique and Irreplaceable

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The Howard-UTEP/AGEP AllianceUnique and
Irreplaceable

• Orlando L. Taylor
• Vice Provost for Research
• Dean, Graduate School
• Howard University
• Washington, DC

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Why Unique and Irreplaceable

• UNIQUE The ONLY AGEP Alliance between TWO
  Minority Serving Institutions serving as the LEAD
  institutions.
• IRREPLACEABLE Two of the nations largest
  producers of Minority PhDs in STEM.

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Howard University First Cohort of MGE/AGEP
Institutions (1997)

• Location Washington, DC
• Carnegie Classification Research/High Research
  Activity
• Minority Classification Historically Black
  College and University (HBCU)
• Enrollment, 12,00040 Graduate/Professional
• Nations largest producer of African American PhDs
  AND Baccalaureate origins of African American
  PhDs

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University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) Joined AGEP
in 2003

• Location El Paso, TX
• Carnegie Classification Research/High Research
  Activity
• Minority Classification Hispanic Serving
  Institution (MSI)
• Enrollment 20,00072 Hispanic 17 graduate and
  professional

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Bouchet Assistantships Sustaining the Effort

• Named for Edward BouchetFirst African American
  to receive a PhD in the United StatesYale, 1876,
  Physics.
• 25 new, university-funded, graduate
  assistantships for the nations best and
  brightest URMs to pursue PhDs at Howard in STEM.
• All recipients must participate in Preparing
  Future Faculty (PFF) program AGEP activities.

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II. Howard AGEP Has Joined the CIRTL Network

• NSF-funded Center for the Integration of
  Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) housed at
  the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• The CIRTL Network Colorado, Howard, Michigan
  State, Penn State, Texas A M, Wisconsin and
  Vanderbilt.
• CIRTL Mission To enhance the professional
  development of STEM graduate students and develop
  a future professoriate committed to advancing
  effective teaching practices.

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What Does CIRTL Provide?

• Exposure to integrating research and teaching.
• Building learning communities of STEM faculty and
  graduate students.
• New, electronically-delivered and live courses
  for STEM graduate students throughout the
  Network.
• Effective Teaching with Technology
• Diversity in the College Classroom
• Teaching and Learning Science in the
• College Classroom

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Course on Effective Teaching with Technology

• Semester I students exposed to advanced,
  research-based teaching technologies currently
  used by faculty to enhance learning.
• Students design individual projects to evaluate
  the effectiveness of a technology utilized by a
  faculty member.
• Students across the network present the result
  of their projects to their classmates and the
  CIRTL community via the web.
• Projects and data on student learning are
  evaluated and discussed.
• Semester II students serve as team leaders in
  classes and apply the skills and lessons learned
  in Part I.

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III. Preparing Future Faculty Pre-Faculty
Internships

• Provides advanced doctoral students, including
  AGEP students, with semester or year-long
  experiences in faculty roles and responsibilities
  at different institutional types
• MOUs with various institutions (10 currently) to
  provide stipends to students (Howard pays
  tuition), along with teaching experiences and
  research mentoring.
• Challenges include involving bench science STEM
  students in internships
• Institutionalized with its own revenue stream via
  partner institutions and Graduate School budget.

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IV. Annual PFF Institutes

• Held in Washington, DC or El Paso, TX. (June
  10-13, 2009).
• Open to STEM Students in all AGEP Alliances
  About 60 students per year 350 registration
  fee.
• A three-day Boot Camp on Faculty Roles and
  Responsibilities and the Academic Job Search.
• Features local and nationally prominent speakers.
• Sample Topics
• Finding the "Right" Faculty Position, Negotiating
  the Best Start-Up Package and 'Sealing the Deal
• Balancing Work and Family
• Researching and Writing Effective Grant Proposals
• New Pedagogies for Enhancing Learning
• Assessing Student Learning Outcomes
• Contact PFFSummerInstitute09_at_gmail.com

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V. Annual Postdoctoral Institutes

• Held in Washington, DC or El Paso, TX.
• Open to STEM Students at dissertation level in
  all Alliances about 50 annually 350
  registration fee.
• A three-day Intensive Boot Camp on identifying,
  funding and crafting a postdoc to fit career
  goals and interests.
• Features local and nationally prominent speakers
• Sample Topics
• Understanding Different Types of Postdocs
• Strategies for Finding the Right Postdoc
• Balancing Research, Grant Writing Teaching
• Securing Your Own Postdoctoral Funding
• Life After the Postdoc
• Contactkbdeonauth_at_howard.edu

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VI. Creation of Graduate School Office of
Retention and Mentoring

• Led by an Assistant Dean whose position was
  originally a cost share for AGEP grant
• Focuses on tracking, mentoring, and advising
  students to ensure retention.
• Provides Pre-professional development.
• Recently purchased Hobsons Retain software to
  facilitate academic tracking and monitoring each
  semester and at crucial academic junctures,i.e.,
  1st year, comprehensive exams, candidacy,
  dissertation progress, etc.
• Institutionalized within university budget.