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-e Panel One: Energy Dr. Raymond Orbach, U. T. Austin and Dr. Les Shephard, U. T. San Antonio • Currently not economical to capture carbon; carbon capture, utilization, and storage is possible and coupled with a smart grid becomes economical • Competitive capability within U. T. System is an ongoing challenge; intellectual investment is comparable but the financial investment and computational systems are not comparable to China and the East; U. T. System is strong enough to compete; it's a global issue (Orbach) • Opportunity for seeking private/industrial partnerships vs. federal grants requires identifying value/benefits for state and the nation; private sectors are investing in research, but it's more of a short-term response; cannot separate policy from basic science and engineering; private funding runs the risk of distrust because you're perceived as having been "bought"; will go after private funding to make up for the lack of federal funding; a partnership model may work with the challenge being how to cleanse the policy value of the work; does the proper scientific protocol cleanse the public's view; Regents can assist with creating private sector connections • How the health science centers support these efforts - they already are involved in the consequences of the BP spill and its impact on humans; there's no distinction between biology and the physical sciences in what they're doing; more interaction between biology and the energy field • Science and foreign policy - the use of nuclear power; the potential for use of nuclear power is enormous; could potentially double nuclear reactors and reduce carbon footprint significantly; nuclear industry is a gem in terms of safety; U.S. is only country in the world that does not do nuclear reprocessing - taking out of the spent fuel the very energetic sources that would form fuel in another reactor/separating plutonium and other elements; we have a major policy issue that is without foundation and inhibits our ability to reprocess/recycle; where is the technology and innovation in wind, hydrogen? is that taking place in the U.S. or elsewhere? • NSF grant model needed - more than just individual scientists working independently; long-term projects; need to build sustainable structures (it mayor may not be hubs) and involve the entire System; $500M available from BP - how can our campuses take advantage of that funding?; the request calls for collaboration/consortia; it's in our best interest as a System to put together the consortia to respond; governor offers $50M/year for five years to focus on five areas; need to identify a group of leaders to apply for funding llPage ·.
Energy efficiency is changing the nature of architecture; will include a great focus on the quality of air we breathe within a home • Is it possible for Texas to attract private sector funding, recycle nuclear fuel, and compete with China and Israel who currently lead in energy; we have our own grid and we have major utility companies here; if you can't do it without a subsidy, it won't work
of) Panel Two: Education Dr. Mary Ann Rankin, U. T. Austin and Dr. Jeanne Marcum Gerlach, U. T. Arlington How we expand UTeach throughout the System - replication works; System could decide to replace the Exxon Mobil money; have to have buy-in from strong faculty in science and in education for this program to be successful; UTPB would like the Chancellor to commit money to this program so they can be involved and he's willing to commit what he needs to for success; consider expanding to other areas beyond math and science • Siemens has 60k positions available; how does the UTeach program support adequate salaries for them to continue teaching instead of seeking other roles that pay better? • Need a million or two of private money to fund the program; the education dean needs to be open to trying things differently • Parental involvement needed for students to continue with their education; cultural gaps exist; students are great ambassadors; internships and after school programs are designed to engage students and families • Outcomes of students with UTeach - have tried unsuccessfully to take tax data and match students with teachers; current grant to assess teacher quality across the country • Designate teachers as "Master Teachers" - they need to be paid more; need to negotiate with the school districts to ensure adequate compensation
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A eartnershle A new approach ! between colleges to recruiting and A NATIONAL of Natural Science training strong MODEL FOR STEM and Education and math and science TEACHER the Austin majors for a TRAINING lindependent teaching career. School District 2 1 12/2/10 Better K-12 STEM education is critical to our Nation's future. UTeach is a new Many issues effect approach to Involvement of STEM Education, but recruiting strong outstanding THE TEACHER IS KEY math and science university faculty to insplrins and majors to teaching recruiting students to that proves Rl members and expert science, math and universities have a teachers is essential eneineertna major role to play in to success this effort UTeach Student Statistics ~" :;: ... ~24 en -12. ~" .c if J.1 ; ... C) 1.11 HI ::Iii ~ J.1I ~ ... '"; ... i ~:: ~ sn l.1 ". UToach Collogo UTeach College 30 .~ 25 (; " 20 ~;: " ~ I. tI 0.. urNch Cohgo UTeach College UT Austin College =College of Natural Sciences 4 2 Number of Students UTeach Graduates N w ... U1 0- -..J 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ~ N eN .j>. 01 Ol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? o o o o o 0 19.9, 0 o o o o o 0 FALL 98 _ 19~ (2 SPRING 99 _ Vo ~ FALL 99 °a~ SPRING 00 ~a ~ V7 FAll 00 00 SPRING 01 7~ (2 FALL 01 ~ ~ SPRING 02 _ • °0 FAll 02 _ ~~a VI SPRING 03 _ ~ Vo> -->. N N --->. VJ - a 12/2/10 UTeach Graduates: Retention in Teaching Percentage teachers left in classroom, SASS· vs UTeach 100% 90% III Retention for SASS till cohort of 1991 c 'c 80% III Retention for SASS 'iii cohort of 1994 E ... Retention for SASS CII a: 70% cohort of 2000 ..c Retention for SASS CII u ~ cohort of 2004 CII 60% Q, Retention for UTeach 50% 1 2 3 4 5 Years Teaching 45% of UTeach grads teach in schools with more than 40% low ·Schools and Staffing Survey income students, Master teachers Innovative new First two courses Early and as faculty & professiona'i are field continuing advisors development experience in classroom courses combine elementary and teaching • supply real content material middle school life and pedagogy designed to let experience students try experience, • Focus on • Field experiences guidance, teaching science teaching with inspiring teachers create and & math, how • We invite the students learn, whole freshman satisfaction and commitment inspiration use of class to participate and prepare students technology in and we pay tuition for the first courses more effectively teaching; research experie ce 8 4 12/2/10 UTeach Course Sequence specially designed content courses recruitment courses ( Smp 1 ) ( Smp 2 ) education sequence Knowing & Classroom r--"pr-Oje-ct--Ba-sed--- Learning Interactions Instruction Apprentice Teaching Total Course Hours: 24 - 30 Professional Development Course Hours: 18 Field Experience Hours: approx 325 (48 before AT) 9 4-year Induction Master's program- Intern~ support program more attractive ships for new keeps than 5-6 yr and teachers new option scholar helps teachers • 9-12 hrs of insure involved education ships courses success with UT /' 10 5 12/2/10 each Replication I National replication effort is underway via private funding from ExxonMobil ($125M), Dell, and others, and now state funding with the National Mathematics and Science Initiative headed by Tom Luce We have created the UTeach Institute at UT Austin to serve as a coaching/help center for other universities that wish to replicate UTeach-workshops, site visits, data, national meetin ----''''---- Seed funds are provided for the establishment of replicate programs with agreement that the replicating institution assumes responsibility for funding the program after a eriod of 5-6 years. 11 UTeach Replication 6 12/2/10 ,~...... , . T'E. \C 1t GeauxTeach 13 National Replication sites 1. The University of California at Berkeley 2. The University of California at Irvine 3. The University of Colorado, Boulder 4. The University of Rorida, Gainesville Texas 5. Florida State Universit~ Tallahassee 1. University of Houston 6. The University of Kansas, Lawrence 2. University of Texas at Dallas 7. Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge 3. University of North Texas 8. Northern Arizona University, Ragstaff 4. University of Texas at Arlington 5. University of Texas at Tyler 9. Temple University, Philadelphia 10. Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green 11 . University of Tennessee, KnoX'lille 12. Middle Tennessee University 13. University of Memphis 14. University of Tennessee, Chattenooga 15. aeveland State lkliversity 16. lkllversity of Colorado, Colorado Springs 14 7 12/2/10 UTeach Replication: Enrollment at Other Sites Total Cohort 1 =2,897; Total Cohort 2 =325; Total UT 'n = 640 Preliminary Program Enrollment 400 Universities Implementing UTeach Cohort 1 and 2 350 335 ] Fall 2010 300 281 270 ec: Cohort 1 260 ... 249 ~ 250 'C 210 215 210 205 .. 198 190 " 200 ~" 155 0 150 Cohort 2 ~ 119 .t> 96 E 100 Z" 50 40 60 I 50 .. 0 ....-~"--r-'-....._.-24 ~ ~ , I , u fSU lSU NAU TU UCt ueB eu Uf UH KU UNT UTD WKU esu MTsuuecs UM UTe UTK UTA un Partner Universities Lessons we've learned about STEM teacher t There is strong Pedagogy student Education training is interest in deans and very teaching as a faculty are important but profession very Science/Math should be (25% at UT interested in faculty are full relevant to Austin) at RI solving these and proud the diScipline, Universities, I problems. participants In focused on but students Partnerships UTeach . student have been between Ed learning and discouraged and Science informed bv by parents, can work field classmates exoerience and professors v 8 12/2/10 The Freshman Research Initiative Mission Statement: To provide all interested freshmen in the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin a unique, intellectually stimulating educational experience conducting original research with their contemporaries under the guidance ofa member of the research faculty. 18 9 12/2/10 WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT FRI TRADITIONAL LABS UT "., lAB RD.a•• T'"'M''' --.• -. _. - .. - - 19 FRI: THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE fAll S'IIN' SUMM(I 'All , ,'" · ~_100 .. · 1Do..eo.-bb -UT __ c...... v...... ,~ . '1IItto..,~_ta_ .()Oao.,,, .. ..-a.j .c-_ ...... ~ .s.-~ .- .. . I1ud &:a1 01 r .-_"""'" . ".. AEIII. • ~ apID caQ£U .- -'- -...... __.-1 --..HIli' -- -. 20 10 12/2/10 FRI is Fueling Real Change The Students • Become empowered by discovery • Consider research as part of their future • Learn real skills • Become part of a lab group and part of the community of scientists at UT The State and the Nation FRI will greatly expand the pool of potential scientists at a time when Texas and America face a looming critical shortage of creative researchers to maintain our leadership in science and technology. Minority students and women will be recruited to science and technology careers in greater numbers. 21 Freshman Research Initiative After five years of FRI program (one pUot year Ius four Iy fu ed years), we see: • Improved retention (University, College of Natural Sciences, Scientific major) for each cohort, and for all risk groups • Improved academic performance for each cohort, and for all risk groups • ,Increased scient~ic activities and successes • Improved graduation rates • Improved progression to post-baccalaureate degree programs • I'ncreased scient~ic career paths 22 11 12/2/10 Retention in the College of Natural Sciences FRI students show better retention in the College of Natural Sciences 100% --FRI06 (N=168) - Control (N=533) 80% 63.7% 60% 53.3% 43.0% • Year at University '------z,..,-----' College Retention after three years by Risk Population . 07 FRI (no OS) 100% 007 Camp 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Low SAT Women UnderRep 1sl Gen Low SES All (no DS) 24 12 12/2/10 Research Activities of FRI Students After 2 years fRI Rese~(ch and/or Mentorinl ResulCh with FAI Professor Resur,h with oul$ide reseilrch ,roup .. Intention to return to '"!firm in ruture After 4 years • FAI Re.ellrch and/or No plans (0 mnrtnue rflearch Mentonn, ... Reie'arch with FRI Professor Non-responders Re>~l r Ch w;u, outside te.ear(h JlOup --~ iii Intention to rdum to ".... rll!Soeilr1:h in l'uture 5" No plans (0 canomle research Non·,nponden Gf3duaced 25 FRI06 Cohort CNS graduates (no DS, N=57) • Graduate school • MDIPhD,MDIMPH • Medical School • Allied Heallh Prof • Other Prof schools • Applying for schools • Job, Job search Unknown CTL06 Comparison group CNS graduates (no OS, N=146) Graduat•• h.aded to relaled higher degr... by • G raduate sc hool rlak population • MD/PhD,MD/MPH ,,.,. . 06 fRI (no DS) ,... -12 • Medical Schoo l ..... 0 06 Comp """,... ,... - 220 • Allied Health Pro f .... • Other Prof schools .... Applying for schools 'I'" • Job, Job search ,..."'" Unknown "...,,, 26 13 12/2/10 Third year upper division major GPA performance: - FAI (no DS) 2007 FRI cohort retained in eNS 007 Comp 3.5 3.31 3.31 3.0 2.5 2.0 Low SAT Female UnderAep 1sl Gen Low SES All students 27 14 12/1/2010 ~ Presentation Objectives r Overview of Texas PK-16 Initiatives ,. Importance and Primary Goals of PK-16 Councils r History of UT Arlington PK-16 Metroplex Council r Examples of Past, Current, and Future Efforts r Funding 1 12/1/2010 ~ Texas PK-16 History ,. P-1 6 collaboration began in 1998 as an informal network called the Public Education / Higher Education Coordinating Group. ,. Formed by the Commissioners of t he Texas Education Agency, t he Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the Executive Director of t he St ate Board of Educator Certification I MiIm 5B286 - 2003 ,. Formalized the P-16 System by replacing the Joint Advisory Committee with the P 16 Council whose membership consisted of t he executive leadership of Texas Education Agency (TEA), Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), State Board of Educator Certification (SBEC ) and Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). 2 12/1/2010 MIDI HB2808 - 2005 " Modified 286 by establishing The Office of P-1 6 Coordination within TEA to provide policy guidance to staff and to support statewide P-16 activities and t o t he Council. The new department continues to coordinat e educational policy efforts between P-K to public education and higher education ent ities as well as develops and st rengthens partnerships and relationships between the public education, higher education, civic and business communities. ~ Executive Order RP531 ~ 12-16-2005 r Governor Perry encou raged t he creation of College Readiness Standards (CRS) to ensure K-12 st udent success and t he economic health of the state. -, Mandated cooperation between public education and public higher education to enhance CRS 3 12/1/2010 ~ Importance and Primary Goals ~ of Texas PK-16 Councils r Expand access to early learning for children ages 3-5 and improve their readiness for kindergarten ,. Smooth student transitions from one level of learning to the next ,. Upgrade teacher education and professional development ,. Strengthen relationships between families and schools ,. Create a wider range of learning experiences and opportunities for students in the final two years of high school, and ,. Improve college readiness and college success. MIll Issues to be addressed '" Uniformity of policy goals and program .. Applicability of programs, procedures, poliCies, , Quality of teachers, programs, institutions and workplace preparation ,. Accessibility to educational support programs and higher education in general, , Creativity and innovation in addressing concerns, .. Continuity of programs and efforts, ,. Accountability and , Flexibility 4 12/1/2010 ~ Overview of COEHP , Overview of the College of Education and Healt h Professions (COEH P) ~ History of UT Arlington ~ PK-16 Council , Began in 1999 as a response to Closing the Gaps Initiative ,. Co Chaired by ~ Gene Buinger, Hurst , Euless, Bedford Superintendent ~ Jeanne Gerlach, ~ UT Arlington Provosts (Wright, Dunn , Elsenbaumer, and Bobbitt) 5 12/1/2010 mum PK-16 Council Mission , Mission To improve the quality of academic outcomes for public education in the DFW Metroplex by 1. building awareness of the need to better align P-12 and higher education 2. developing innovative approaches and tools for students, teachers, and administrators to improve student college readiness, access, and success 3. preparing quality PK-16 teachers and professors at all educational levels, and 4. by conducting scientifically based research that informs and supports practices , Key Goal To increase student college participation and success rates. PK-16 Metroplex Council 6 12/1/2010 ~ Ph.D. PK-16 Educational ~ Leadership and Policy Studies ,. Resea rch based Doctoral Program ~ Cohort Model r Began Su mmer 2007 y Candidates from K- 12 Education, Higher Education, Business and Industry, Non profit agencies ~ Developing and Sustaining UT ~ Arlington Research Centers ,. Southwest Center for Mind, Brain, Education ~ Mission: To identify and su pport promising research agendas at the intersection of neuroscience and cognitive science to inform educational practice and leadership. 7 12/1/2010 Jmi'jjmJ.II Developing and Sustaining UT ~ Arlington Research Centers , Center for PK-16 Educational Policy and Research ~ Mission: To advance the awareness of PK-16 educational issues by promoting and disseminating research and pursuing collaborative funding opportunities with educators, administrators, and policy makers. ~ Developing and Sustaining UT ~ Arlington Research Centers , Center For Excellence In Social St udies Education ~ Partially as a response to the new Texas curriculum standards and college readiness initiatives, the Cent er serves a critical need in t he state, nationally, and internationally to advance social studies education research, teacher preparation, PK-16 Learners and their teachers. 8 12/1/2010 ~ Examples of PK-16 ~ Efforts ,. Interdisciplinary Science and Mat h Masters degree- Impacting over 200 students ,. Gender Equity Proj ect - Dallas ISO ,. Administrator Leadership Academy - Fort Worth ISO ,. Partnership Schools (Metroplex Schools) ,., Bridge Research - THEC B ~ Examples of PK-16 ~ Efforts , Go Centers - UTA/AlS O (THECB ) , Family-Literacy Projects - UTA/DISD (DOE) , Un derstanding of grammar in first language acquisition -Nuffield Foundation , Children 's Development of Reasoning Processes Birmingham Universi ty, England ,. Dallas Reading Instit ute (DRI ) - UTA/ DISD Prepare every teacher to teach reading. Impact ed 3,100 t eachers over 10 years. 9 12/1/2010 mill Future PK-16 Initiatives ,. AVID - Teacher Preparation Initiative ~ Future PK-16 Initiatives ". UTA/UTD / TERF - Educational Gaming Initiative 10 12/1/2010 ~ Funding Sources ,. Over 8 mil lion dollars ~ Sid Richardson Foundation ~ Meadows Foundation ~ Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board ~ Teacher Education Agency ~ US Department of Education ~ Scholastic ~G ates 11 • 12/1/2010 UT SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION ·:·What steps do we need to take as a System to create the next opportunity for positive transformative change in our collective academic, research and service missions? ·:·Achieve, sustain, and extend I,eadership in health, education and research through the development, deployment, support, and application of a world-class, comprehensive, integrated IT infrastructure of technologies and expertise ·:·Strategic initiative for IT will be essential to support superior, comprehensive capabilities that enable breakthrough results and attract new faculty and funding to UT System institutions. I I COMPETITIVE COMPUTATIONAL LANDSCAPE ·;' AII fields of scientific research are now dependent on access to powerful computing technologies ·:· Tremendous explosion of quantity of digital data from high-speed, vi,deo microscopes, next-generation DNA sequencers, and MRI systems .:. Biomedical research, in particular, has experienced an explosion in data, and the development of new techniques and software for data driven computational research • (i.e. each run of a genome sequencing experiment requires multiple terabytes (1 trillion bytes) of data just to capture the primary data). •: . UT System's IT Strategic Plan must be designed to build and leverage comprehensive, integrated IT infrastructure to create an environment that promotes innovation and discovery. 1 .. II 12/1/2010 HEALTH .:- Personalized Medicine "' Individual genomic profiles will be associated with other valuable clinical samples and combined to build comprehensive genomic profiles and a host of other complex data that can be made available to clinicians to personalize patient specific treatments (Le. cancer) ,!- Telemedlcine .' application of clinical medicine where medical information is transferred through interactive audiovisual media for the purpose of consulting, teaching and sometimes for remote medical procedures or examinations -t' Can be extremely beneficial for people living in isolated communities and remote regions .:. Currently being applied in virtually all medical domains (e.g. Telecardlology, Teleradiology, Telepsychiatry, TelePharmacy) RESEARCH .:. Preservation, advancement and growth of research leadership at universities and labs more and more dependent on access to powerful, comprehensive IT resources. •: . Regulatory implications on the IT infrastructure needed to support clinical research is progressively becoming an important issue (FCOI, HIPPA, HRPP, etc.). •:. Network must be valiidated, managed and maintained under compliance with the appropriate computing standards such as the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) .:. Provide secure network access and operations, support for local data systems with appropriate security protocols, and support for compliance with federal regulations to enable UT researchers to leverage the capabilities 2 12/1/2010 CULTURE ':' Strategic plan should design the investments to match the needs of the targeted demographics (faculty and staff) both in technology needs and in overall academic productivity and impact (funding, publications, etc.) .:' Model must strike a balance between ," a centralized IT infrastructure provides increased capabilities, improves efficiency, reduces redundant waste and better manage security in support of the greater academic community, and .:. highly specialized, but decentralized infrastructure for dedicated processing/analysis/storage systems, and the ability to develop custom software .:. Promoting adoption of new technologies needs to be fostered actively INFRASTRUCTURE ·:· Hardware ':'Softwa re '!'Data Collections ':'Security ':'Regulatory and Collaboration ':'Governance ':'Human Capital 3 12/1/2010 UT DATA REPOSITORY ·:·Urgent need for much greater network performance to access powerful computing resources ·:·Two thematic areas for Research IT support: basic science and clinical research and operations. These have different data access, usage, and security considerations. ·:· Both areas are critical for moving UT System forward strategically and competitively and both areas are generating large amounts of data at an ever-increasing rate. ·:·The creation of a central data repository, UTDR, will allow UT System institutions to increase the value of their data by managing the data in a central resource where it can be shared, visualized, combined, and analyzed in countless ways for a multitude of collaborations UTAC WILL ENABLE LEADERSHIP, IMPACT ·:· UT System Academic Cyberinfrastructure (UTAC) will build a strong foundation for advances in current and future academic efforts across UT System. The combination of high bandwidth access, persistent data storage, computational capabilities, and the expertise of UT System faculty have incredible potential and will keep UT System at the forefront of science and discovery. 4 , 120310 ", ( $'1 TRANSFORMATION IN MEDICAL EDUCATION (TIME) e( A multi-institutional initiative within the University of Texas System \,\-e"-' " IMPETUS : The traditional 100 year-old Flexnerian model of physician training is long, contains redundancies, and lacks essential aspects of modern medical practice. Major reports from the Institute of Medicine, Macy Foundation & AAMC, the Carnegie Foundation, and other groups have called for major reforms in physician education, GOAL: To develop, implement and assess pilot programs of fully revamped premedical and medical education at UT System institutions with an eye toward scalability beyond the pilot phase , PRINCIPLE FEATURES OF REVAMPED CURRICULA: L Development of a 'Pre-Health Professions Program' for students interested in a variety of health-related fields. 2. Implementation of competency-based advancement and degree completion (rather than time-based). 3. Expe riences to promote professional identity formation and maturation as an essential complement to competency-based education. 4. Education in non-traditional fields important to future physicians. TIMELlNE: 1. September-October 2010 -Development and distribution of RFP for pilot programs 2. November 2010 - Letters of intent due from pilot program partnerships 3. February 2011- Deadline for pilot proposal submission 4. March 2011- Selection of pilot programs for funding ( ~ $3M) 5. April 2011-August 2013 - Pilot program development and proof of concept implementation 6. Spring 2011- Development and distribution of RFP for shared resource development 7. Summer of 2011- Award of shared resource development funds (~lM) 8. 2011-2013 - Development, implementation, and assessment of shared resources 9. Fall 2013 - Pilot program implementation to produce 25-50 medical graduates per program per year 10. Long term - Scaling up of successful pilot programs to replace current educational approaches PILOT PROGRAM PARTNERSHIPS: UT Dallas-UT Southwestern UT-Brownsville-UT EI Paso-UT Pan American-UTMB-UTHSC-Houston UT San Antonio-UTHSC-San Antonio UT Austin-UT Southwestern-UTHSC-Houston-UTHSC-San Antonio CHALLENGES OPPORTUNITIES Competency-based assessment Upcoming changes in MCAT Clinical sites near GAl's Upcoming changes in USMLE Interprofessional coordination Co-evolution of healthcare education & delivery Effect of shortened enrollment on formula funding Mt. Sinai example- "science-free" preparation