The Beta Coalition: a status report on a regional coalition of small engineering colleges

Author

Culver, Richard ; Fellows, Shuron ; Beston, Bill ; Dickson, Mary

Author_Institution

State Univ. of New York, Binghamton, NY, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

10-13 Nov. 1999

Abstract

The Beta Coalition brings small engineering programs together in a regional coalition in upstate New York, USA. Staff from fifteen institutions participate in one-day, drive-in workshops on curriculum and faculty development. Designed as a beta test site for innovations coming from the NSF Coalitions, BetaCo has three workshops a year, with guest presenters from across the country. BetaCo participants are collaborating on a new set of proposals to NSF dealing with ASL, self-directed learning, ABET implications for two-year programs, and the special problems of ultra-small engineering science programs.

Keywords

educational courses; engineering education; teaching; ABET criteria; ASL; Beta Coalition; BetaCo; NSF Coalitions; USA; curriculum development; engineering education workshops; faculty development; regional coalition; self-directed learning; small engineering colleges; ultra-small engineering science programs; Biology; Chemistry; Collaborative work; Data engineering; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Mathematics; Physics; Proposals; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. FIE '99. 29th Annual

Conference_Location

San Juan, Puerto Rico

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5643-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1999.840461

Filename

840461