Performance Period: October 2015 – September 2019 (4 Years)

First in the World Grant 

Grant Title: “Creating Research Opportunities for Students” 

The Mid-Atlantic ConsortiumPartners:Farmingdale State College (SUNY)

– leadBowie State UniversityCentral Connecticut State

UniversityKean UniversitySUNY College at Old Westbury

Introductions of partner delegations

Organizing Theme:Unity in Diversity

Centralized & orchestrated by FSC -so as to assure conformity to the model and uniform implementation of program componentsbut – recognizing & encouraging thediversity of our individual institutions strengths – curricular, faculty, etc.

Goal: Improving Each School’s 4-year graduation rate by 20%Student Population served:High Need Students = low income, minority, first generation college, and/or adult learners

Selected from Full-time Baccalaureate-students: Incoming First Year Students Transfer Students who arrived with 60+

credits

Most Innovative Feature:Placing Faculty and Students in

Mentored Research Experiences

Both on campus – Off-campus at National Labs, Research Universities, BusinessAccelerators, etc.“RAM” program –Research-Aligned Mentorship

RAM PROGRAM COMPONENTS: Mentored Research Experiences

On-Campus and Off-Campus

Faculty and Curricular Development

First-Year & Sophomore/Transfer-Year Experience Courses

Treisman-Style Collaborative Learning Workshops

  Project-Based LearningSpecial Events – receptions,

group exercises. Etc.Intensive Counseling and

“Roadmap to Graduation and Beyond”Partial Block Scheduling

ALSO – technology – TED Talks, You Tube – renowned scientists, entrepreneurs, etc.

Size of Treatment Groups:revised

FSC – 250/ yearBowie – 100/yearCentral CT – 100/yearKean Univ - 100/yearSUNY OW - 100/year

Unduplicated 4-year total = 2,600

Equal size control groups

First in the World Web Site:

www.farmingdale.edu/fitw/

Personnel Serving all 5See handout

Changes that need to be made:Foundational courses –

reconfigure to include active project-based & problem solving - supplemented by Treisman –style collaborative learning groups

College Experience Courses – especially

Sophomore/transfer year experience courseSpecial Events – to build group

cohesion & hear active researches

Research – both on campus or off-campus leading to on-campus poster sessions

Advisement and Mentoring - required

Timeline –see handout in packet

Year I - Planning

First cohorts enter fall 2016

Budgets:

Still being refined…..but

Each partner will be awardedc. 280,000 (instead of original 195K)

Meeting Friday Afternoon with team leaders

our consortorium Will meet President Obama’s

Goal

Will serve as a model for other public and private institutions where the bulk of American students are educated