Council Of Independent Colleges

A SOLAR MARKET PATHWAY FOR INDEPENDENT COLLEGES IN VIRGINIA

REVITALIZING HUMANITIES INSTRUCTION, SCHOLARSHIP, AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AT SMALLER INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES [THE COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES PROVIDES EVENTS AND RESOURCES TO ENRICH HUMANITIES DISCIPLINES AT OVER 650 MEMBER CAMPUSES THROUGH TEACHING, SCHOLARSHIP, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. THE PANDEMIC HALTED IN-PERSON ACTIVITIES FOR MANY OF THESE GRANT-SUPPORTED PROGRAMS FOR OVER A YEAR AND RAISED NEW THREATS TO HUMANITIES DISCIPLINES AT MEMBER INSTITUTIONS. THIS NEH GRANT WILL SUPPORT 8 STAFF MEMBERS AND 2 CONSULTANTS ON 3 PROGRAMS AS THEY RESUME ACTIVITIES, CULMINATING IN FACULTY SEMINARS IN SUMMER 2022. NEW CURRENTS IN TEACHING PHILOSOPHY AIMS TO REVITALIZE PHILOSOPHY INSTRUCTION THROUGH INNOVATIVE NEW COURSES. DELIBERATION & DEBATE PROVIDES NEW STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE LEARNING AND CIVIL DISCOURSE IN FIRST-YEAR COURSES. LEGACIES OF AMERICAN SLAVERY IS A NATIONAL NETWORK OF INSTITUTIONS THAT AIMS TO GRAPPLE WITH THE PERVASIVE CONSEQUENCES OF SLAVERY AND ADVANCE RACIAL JUSTICE THROUGH RESEARCH, CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATIONS.] [PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO SUPPORT EIGHT STAFF AND TWO CONSULTANT POSITIONS WORKING ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS FOR HUMANITIES FACULTY. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: STAFF MEMBERS AND CONSULTANTS AT THE COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES (CIC) WILL MANAGE, DIRECT, AND PUBLICIZE RESOURCES FROM THREE HUMANITIES SEMINARS FOR SUMMER 2022 WHICH HAVE BEEN POSTPONED BY THE PANDEMIC. THESE PROGRAMS WILL ENHANCE FACULTY PARTICIPANTS? TEACHING ON THE STUDY OF PHILOSOPHY, THE LEGACY OF AMERICAN SLAVERY, AND CIVIL DISCOURSE IN FIRST-YEAR COURSES, WITH ONLINE AND LOCAL EVENTS AND RESOURCES TO REACH A BROADER AUDIENCE. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: APPROXIMATELY 100 FACULTY MEMBERS WILL TAKE PART IN THE SEMINAR PROGRAMS, WHICH WILL IMPROVE THEIR TEACHING AND RESEARCH. CIC STAFF WILL ALSO CREATE, MAINTAIN, AND PUBLICIZE ONLINE RESOURCE COLLECTIONS RELATING TO EACH PROGRAM, AND WILL FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: UNIVERSITY FACULTY PARTICIPANTS WILL BENEFIT FROM BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF AND PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE TOPICS THAT ARE THE FOCUS OF THE SEMINARS, WITH LONG-TERM IMPACT ON THEIR STUDENTS AND THE SCHOLARLY COMMUNITY. OUTREACH AND RESOURCES WILL ALSO EXTEND THE IMPACT TO CIC MEMBER INSTITUTIONS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND THE BROADER PUBLIC. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.]

CONFERENCE: GRANT-SEEKING WORKSHOPS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE FOR SMALLER, INDEPENDENT, PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS -THIS GRANT SUPPORTS EFFORTS BY THE COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES (CIC) TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF RESEARCH GRANTS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE SOUGHT BY AND AWARDED TO FACULTY MEMBERS AT SMALL TO MIDSIZED INDEPENDENT PREDOMINANTLY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS (PUIS). THE AWARD SUPPORTS A SERIES OF THREE WORKSHOPS TARGETING FACULTY MEMBERS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND RELATED DISCIPLINES TO WRITE EFFECTIVE AND COMPELLING PROPOSALS TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION?S (NSF) COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH INITIATION INITIATIVE (CRII) AND FACULTY EARLY CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (CAREER) PROGRAMS. THE GOALS OF THESE WORKSHOPS ARE TO: 1) TRAIN UP TO 180 EARLY CAREER FACULTY MEMBERS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND RELATED DISCIPLINES FROM PREDOMINANTLY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS (PUIS) TO SUBMIT COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS TO THE CAREER AND CRII PROGRAMS. 2) PREPARE GRANTS ADMINISTRATORS AT UP TO 180 INSTITUTIONS TO BETTER COLLABORATE WITH FACULTY MEMBERS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE ON SEEKING AND MANAGING NSF RESEARCH GRANTS?AND, IN THE PROCESS, STRENGTHEN THE GRANT-SEEKING CAPACITY OF THESE INSTITUTIONS. 3) INCREASE THE NUMBER OF GRANTS AWARDED TO CIC MEMBER INSTITUTIONS IN NSF?S CRII AND CAREER PROGRAMS FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE AND RELATED DISCIPLINES, WITH THE GOAL OF TWENTY AWARDED PROJECTS BY 2025. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

HUMANITIES PROJECTS FOR INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

FACULTY SEMINARS ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHING IN THE STEM DISCIPLINES

SECURING AMERICA'S FUTURE: THE POWER OF LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION