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Research finds that these approaches are not only efficient, but replicable. It can make your courses stand out and become an experience that students will remember as highlights of their time at Binghamton. The Institute can help you raise your students to higher levels, making your instructional work more satisfying, both for yourself and for them.
http://www.clt.binghamton.edu/crlt.htm
The Center for Research in Learning and Teaching represents one of a number of resources for faculty and staff seeking support and outside funding to implement their ideas for more effective learning and teaching. CRLT provides a critical focus to help faculty benefit from complementary efforts on campus take full advantage of the variety of on-campus and off-campus resources. We also provide a clearing house of both expertise and specialized staff for faculty to draw from to implement their ideas. Grants to develop educational innovation are available through campus funding sources, as well as from national institutions and organizations. The CRLT provides support services to help faculty with such projects, from grant application, and administration of funded programs, to evaluation and dissemination of funded projects.
http://alumni.binghamton.edu/AJ/2005/winter/takes.htm Binghamton Alumni Journal vol 13 no 2 Winter 2005
" This kind of excellence needs nurturing," says Jean-Pierre Mileur, Dean of Harpur College of Arts and Sciences. "Outstanding faculty choose institutions with cultures that support their teaching and research and appreciate how important it is to travel to present their work and gain new perspectives from other leaders in their fields. Our Faculty Development Fund Initiative provides the resources to attract and retain outstanding teachers and researchers, and to promote their work."
The Faculty Development Fund Initiative is already a success, having raised $178,000, exceeding its initial three-year goal of $150,000. But, according to Mileur, there is much more work to be done. "Our goal is to raise $1 million by June 30, 2007. It may be a bold goal, but this is our single most important need -- to hire and retain the best faculty. We have seen tremendous support from alumni and others who appreciate what the tradition of excellence meant to them. They want to maintain and enhance that tradition."