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This page from The Academy for College Excellence (ACE) highlights key points of the project's teaching method. Students take all of their classes in a cohort of approximately 29 students to build a network of support. They begin with an intensive foundation course followed by a bridge semester....

This tip sheet, published by the Internet Scout Research Group, provides guidance for employers on making their workplaces more accessible for blind and low vision employees. The article is divided into three areas: accommodations, safety, and additional resources. Assistive technology, braille,...

This tip sheet, provided by DeafTEC at the Rochester Institute of Technology, offers guidance for employers on accommodating and ensuring the safety of autistic employees in the workplace. The sheet emphasizes the importance of understanding the diverse characteristics and needs of individuals on...

This article, which originally appeared in the Journal of Engineering Education, reports on an experimental study of the use of a peer rating system in an introductory engineering course. The study examines the incidence of students receiving low ratings from all their teammates, inflated and...

This 33-page guide, published by Brown University, discusses achieving gender equity in science classrooms. The guide "recommends concrete strategies to keep female college students coming back to science classes." These strategies include personalizing large classes, shifting from a competitive to...

This 1-page document, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), is a learning activity where students gain the opportunity to use analytical meters and instruments to perform acid deposition sampling. In the activity, students collect samples from various sources over a...

This 7-page activity is provided by the GeoTech Consortium of Western New York: Get the GIST (Geospatial Information Science Technology) Certificate and helps users create a map and add map layers in ArcGIS. The activity includes step by step instructions which involve creating a new map, adding...

This 4-page activity is provided by the GeoTech Consortium of Western New York: Get the GIST (Geospatial Information Science Technology) Certificate and helps users turn spreadsheet data into map layers. During this activity users will create a new ArcGIS map layer from a CSV file of emergency...

This 7-page activity is provided by the GeoTech Consortium of Western New York: Get the GIST (Geospatial Information Science Technology) Certificate and has users configure a map in ArcGIS and use it for analyzing dams in New York. The activity includes background information on state-regulated dams...

In this 12-page activity, provided by the GeoTech Consortium of Western New York: Get the GIST (Geospatial Information Science Technology) Certificate, users explore lava hazard zones using a map in ArcGIS. The activity includes an introduction and step by step instructions. The instructions involve...