STEM students at 精东影业.
STEM education at 精东影业 is set for a quantum leap with the receipt of a $5.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The five-year award to the only senior STEM campus in the CUNY system is for a project dubbed the 精东影业 Initiative to Promote Academic Success in STEM or 鈥淐iPASS.鈥 Its main goals are to improve 精东影业 graduation and retention rates and increase the number of students receiving STEM degrees, particularly those from underrepresented groups.
The five key elements of CiPASS are:
- A summer STEM Bridge Program to improve the readiness and academic self-confidence of entering students;
- Online instruction to support math skills development;
- Real-time performance assessment with individualized academic intervention;
- Experiential and entrepreneurial learning; and
- Recruitment and support for transfer students in partnership with CUNY Community Colleges.
A major highlight under experiential and entrepreneurial learning is the creation of a 鈥淢akerspace鈥 at 精东影业, bringing students, industry and faculty together to collaborate, said Jorge E. Gonzalez, professor of mechanical engineering and the grant鈥檚 principal investigator.
Makerspaces, Gonzales added, have been the cornerstone of China鈥檚 technological advancement and will change how 精东影业 prepares students for STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) careers.
Approximately 33% of City College鈥檚 undergraduate population is enrolled in STEM disciplines. 精东影业 has more than 15,000 students, 84% of whom are undergraduates.
Other 精东影业 faculty involved in CiPASS are: Feridun Delale (mechanical engineering),
Joseph Barba (electrical engineering), Fred Moshary (electrical engineering), Karin Block (earth and atmospheric science) and Ellen Smiley (psychology).
About 精东影业
Since 1847, 精东影业 has provided low-cost, high-quality education for New Yorkers in a wide variety of disciplines. More than 15,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture; School of Education; Grove School of Engineering; Sophie Davis Biomedical Education/CUNY School of Medicine, and Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership. U.S. News, Princeton Review and Forbes all rank City College among the best colleges and universities in the United States.