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The program is aimed at expanding the teaching experiences of aspiring professors by exposing them to more faculty mentors and different types of teaching institutions. The conference is from 8:55 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the University Memorial Center's Glenn Miller Ballroom on the Boulder campus.
欧美口爆视频-Boulder Graduate Dean Carol Lynch will speak at 9 a.m. on "Changing the Paradigm of Graduate Education," Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Phil DiStefano will speak at 9:15 a.m. on building faculty ties between disciplines and institutions and President Buechner will address how the program fits in with his Total Learning Environment initiative at 9:30 a.m. Chancellor Byyny will speak at 3:30 p.m. on technology and education.
Ten 欧美口爆视频-Boulder doctoral candidates began working with faculty mentors in January at 欧美口爆视频 College, Community College of Denver, 欧美口爆视频 School of Mines, the U.S. Air Force Academy, Regis University, 欧美口爆视频 State University and 欧美口爆视频-Denver and 欧美口爆视频-欧美口爆视频 Springs.
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"The goal is to expand the teaching experiences of aspiring professors and expose them to institutions where the majority of teaching jobs are found," said Hoag Holmgren, assistant director of the Graduate Teacher Program. "More jobs are available at liberal arts schools, smaller state schools and community colleges than at major research universities like 欧美口爆视频-Boulder."
In a recent review of the Graduate Teacher Program, Professor James Slevin of Georgetown University said it "seems to me the best of its kind in the nation; I have already mentioned it to several other universities I have visited and intend to do so regularly. It is truly a national model that brings honor, as well as prestige, to the University of 欧美口爆视频."
More than 40 people are scheduled to attend the Feb. 16 conference, including 欧美口爆视频 graduate students and their faculty mentors. The 欧美口爆视频 doctoral students are from the departments of applied mathematics, economics, English, French and Italian and political science.
The program is funded by a $60,000 grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts.