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Grinnell College professor Shonda Kuiper collaborated with colleagues Laura Chihara (Carleton College) and Adam Loy (Lawrence University) to develop curricula for courses in statistics and data science. (Photo by Justin Hayworth/Grinnell College)

FUNDING FOR COLLABORATIVE FACULTY INNOVATION

What ideas do ACM faculty have to enhance teaching and learning at their colleges?

Are there new pedagogical approaches to try, or curricula to prepare students for emerging career paths, or ways to use instructional technology that engage students and bring resources into the classroom?

The Faculty Career Enhancement Program (FaCE) awards grants that enable ACM faculty to engage in collaborative projects that explore ways to strengthen liberal arts education, and then to share the results widely with colleagues across the ACM and beyond.

PROJECTS WITH IMPACT

With support from FaCE grants, faculty have created a wide range of projects to initiate change on ACM campuses, such as:

  • New curricula: To help address the demand for classes in statistics and data science, faculty from Grinnell College, Lawrence University, and Carleton College shared their expertise to create tutorials and case studies for those courses and make the materials freely available online.
  • Pedagogical advances: As field-based learning expands, Colorado College faculty and staff hosted a Symposium on Field Study to define and refine the pedagogy and practice of field study.
  • Introducing technology: Lawrence University created an interdisciplinary makerspace to provide access to advanced technology, such as 3-D printers, for faculty and students across disciplines.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

ACM will award $166,500 in funds to support collaborative projects on and across ACM campuses that address current challenges or opportunities faced by liberal arts colleges and their faculty. 

Key Dates:

  • Friday, September 27, 2024 – Collaborative project proposals are due.
  • October 31, 2024 – Project teams are notified of funding decisions. 
  • December 31, 2025 – Projects that are funded must be complete. 

Please use this document and budget template to submit a proposal.

Recent FaCE Projects

Making Assessment Work for Liberal Arts Colleges in the 21st Century

Imagine your college with a strong culture of assessment: You leave faculty meetings feeling energized by a shared vision. You engage in frank, evidence-based discussions about teaching and learning challenges […]

Exploring Solutions for High-Performance Computing at ACM Institutions

Many of today’s most important research questions require analysis of large, complex datasets, too massive to be handled efficiently by a single computer.  High-performance computing (HPC) has become an essential […]

Advancing Undergraduate Microbiology Education: Resolving Student Misconceptions about Microbiology

Misconceptions plague basic science education.  For example, it’s common for students to start a microbiology course thinking, “Vaccines must cause disease in order to work.” While vaccines stimulate immune responses, […]

The Faculty Career Enhancement Program (FaCE) is supported by a generous $2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation.

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