Title :
Cultural change at Texas A&M: from the engineering science core to the foundation coalition
Author :
Malave, Cesar O. ; Watson, Karan L.
Author_Institution :
Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
The paper describes a curriculum innovation process at Texas A&M-College Station (TAMU) with emphasis on the foundation coalition project. Lessons learned from the engineering science core project-a predecessor to the foundation coalition (FC) at Texas A&M, funded under the NSF Undergraduate Curriculum Program-is presented. The paper looks at faculty, administrator and student “buy-in” to the program and at curriculum development strategies that have been implemented on the TAMU campus. The processes developed for successful institutionalization of the foundation coalition programs is presented
Keywords :
educational courses; engineering education; management; teaching; College Station; TAMU; TAMU campus; Texas A&M; cultural change; curriculum development strategies; curriculum innovation process; engineering science core; engineering science core project; foundation coalition; foundation coalition programs; Agricultural engineering; Cultural differences; Curriculum development; Design engineering; Education; Educational institutions; Fluid dynamics; Industrial engineering; Technological innovation; Thermodynamics;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1996. FIE '96. 26th Annual Conference., Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Salt Lake City, UT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3348-9
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1996.568518
