Location

Campus Center Room 165

Event Website

http://www.umass.edu/studentsuccessconference/resources2011.php

Start Date

23-9-2011 1:15 PM

End Date

23-9-2011 2:15 PM

Description

"How can two- and four-year institutions partner to promote student success? This presentation features the collaboration between the Integrated Concentration in Science Program or iCONS at UMASSAmherst and the Learning Communities Program at Holyoke Community College. Moving beyond transfer agreements, this NSF grant collaboration is located in the classroom and includes both curricular and pedagogical elements such as problem-based learning, hands-on labs, and interdisciplinary team-teaching in the field of integrative science. Participants will be encouraged to share their experiences highlighting the opportunities and challenges of classroom based interinstitutional collaborations."

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Sep 23rd, 1:15 PM Sep 23rd, 2:15 PM

Concurrent Session, The Best of Both Worlds: 2-Year & 4-Year Institution Partnerships for Student Success

Campus Center Room 165

"How can two- and four-year institutions partner to promote student success? This presentation features the collaboration between the Integrated Concentration in Science Program or iCONS at UMASSAmherst and the Learning Communities Program at Holyoke Community College. Moving beyond transfer agreements, this NSF grant collaboration is located in the classroom and includes both curricular and pedagogical elements such as problem-based learning, hands-on labs, and interdisciplinary team-teaching in the field of integrative science. Participants will be encouraged to share their experiences highlighting the opportunities and challenges of classroom based interinstitutional collaborations."

https://scholarworks.umass.edu/studentsuccess/2011/Sep23/14