Title :
Penn-UPR materials program (PUMP): a collaborative effort between a minority institution and a research university
Author :
Ramos, Idalia ; Zypman, Fredy ; Santiago-Aviles, J.J. ; McGhie, Andrew
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Electron., Puerto Rico Univ., Humacao, Puerto Rico
Abstract :
The authors describe an NSF sponsored collaboration between a research university and a minority institution which can serve the best educational interest of both institutions. They focused on their own particular strategy to implement such collaboration, utilizing the experience and resources of the research university, modern telecommunication technology and the overwhelming enthusiasm of the minority institution faculty and students.
Keywords :
educational courses; laboratories; prejudicial factors; student experiments; NSF; PUMP; Penn-UPR materials program; educational collaboration; minority institution; research university; students; telecommunication technology; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Demography; Electronics industry; Industrial electronics; Industrial training; Laboratories; Materials science and technology; Physics computing; Physics education;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. FIE '99. 29th Annual
Conference_Location :
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5643-8
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1999.840335