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Gregg, Christopher S.; Ales, Jo Dale; Pomarico, Steven M.; Wischusen, E. William; Siebenaller, Joseph F. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2013
We offered four annual professional development workshops called STAR (for Scientific Teaching, Assessment, and Resources) modeled after the National Academies Summer Institute (SI) on Undergraduate Education in Biology. In contrast to the SI focus on training faculty from research universities, STAR's target was faculty from community colleges,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Biology, Science Instruction
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Wischusen, Sheri Maples; Wischusen, E. William – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2007
The Biology Intensive Orientation for Students (BIOS) Program was designed to assess the impact of a 5-d intensive prefreshman program on success and retention of biological science majors at Louisiana State University. The 2005 pilot program combined content lectures and examinations for BIOL 1201, Introductory Biology for Science Majors, as well…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Grade Point Average, Pilot Projects, Academic Achievement