SC07:Criteria for selection of institutions

From SC Education

The following is a draft of considerations. Please suggest other criteria.

Criteria for selecting institutions

• As a whole, the selected instituations should be as diverse as possible including faculty and students from:
  • Minority serving institutions (with a mix of HBCUs, HSIs, and TCUs)
  • Community colleges
  • EPSCoR schools
  • Research 1 schools
  • Institutions that enlist teacher preparation faculty

• Local champion that will help organize and energize the local community

• Locations that can draw faculty from multiple nearby institutions within driving distance.

• Commitments from neighboring institutions to participate.

• Ability to help support financially

• Strong support for proposal efforts (such as prior proposal to NSF)

• Enough participants to provide a good mix (40-60?) of local people and faculty from neighboring communities

• Local people interested in becoming instructors over the long-term, i.e. train the trainer

• Geographic distribution to begin to infuse impact in several regions across the country, that would hopefully fan out with time.

• Institutions willing to commit to participate for three years, and identified faculty across multiple disciplines that will participate.

• Nearby support resources and programs (such as an HPC/TeraGrid/Education center, or other organization with an outreach mandate and commitment to help). First pass at a list:
  • Instructor Institutions
    • NCSI - U. Northern Iowa, Kean U, Contra-Costa, Earlham, NCCU, Clemson, Appalachian State,
    • AHPCRC
    • others
  • TeraGrid Resource Provider or other HPC Center
    • PSC, NCSA, SDSC, TACC, Purdue, Indiana, ORNL, UC/ANL
  • Education Centers
    • Krell, Shodor, SUNY Brockport

Criteria for summer workshop site selection

The summer workshop locations (which are not yet selected) will be further asked to provide computer lab space and meeting rooms at no cost, to arrange the local logistics (though we'll cover out of pocket costs), and to help recruit locally in their region. We'll pay for the staff time for the local logistics and tech support coordination. Support staff (IT) available. Pass Workshop Validation Suite.

High-level workshop buy-in from institution (recognition of SC workshop, welcome, inclusion in institutional marketing device, willingness to all institutional participants to attend SC)

Criteria for individual participation at summer workshop

Per Sept 25 discussion, we'll ask faculty to pay $150 for participation at a week long workshop. Scholarships will be provided for faculty unable to cover the registration fees.

Other suggestions welcome!