| Please read the project summary
(and conference schedule) for an overview
of the project.
Sixteen (16) community college teams will
be competitively selected to participate in this project, which is designed
to assist the colleges with integrating ideas, humanities material and
technology into their humanities programs. Participants will be selected
based on the overall strength of their applications and on applications
that meet the following criteria:
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send a three-person team (two humanities faculty--one with technology experience--and
administrator) to the national conference;
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cover travel expenses for the administrator;
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have the team fully implement, in a timely manner, the action plan developed
after consultation at the conference;
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participate fully in all aspects of the project's mentoring service;
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cooperate with the evaluator.
Successful applications will also include:
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a proposed project that indicates there is agreement within the college
and team on an action plan;
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resumes for all team members;
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a letter of commitment from the president of the college;
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a demonstration that this project and the college's participation in it
are a priority for the institution (This can be in the president's letter
and might be, for example, a commitment of budget resources.).
The sixteen teams will first attend the national
conference at George Mason University (December 1999) at which time they
will:
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attend presentations by visiting scholars on technology projects in the
humanities and discuss the changing nature of the humanities and humanities
instruction,
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meet with mentors, who will aid in the development, by the teams, of action
plans,
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have the opportunity to network and obtain technology expertise.
Following the conference, mentoring activities
will continue, as the sixteen community college teams implement their action
plans. The teams will continue to have access, on an on-going basis
over the spring semester 2000, to the mentor(s) with whom the team worked
at the conference. (The teams will also continue to have access to
the visiting scholars from the conference through e-mail). During
the ensuing spring and summer, the teams will work on the implementation
of their action plans and hold at least one faculty development activity
at their college. Mentors will make one site visit to each of the
assigned colleges. These visits are intended to allow the mentor
to address the concerns of the other personnel at the college and serve
an important advocacy role.
For an official application packet, please
contact:
David A. Berry, Executive Director
Community College Humanities Association
c/o Essex County College
303 University Avenue
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: 973.877.3577
Fax: 973.877.3578
The application deadline will be 8 October
1999.
Please contact either Charles
Evans, project director, or David
Berry, project manager, for further information. |
