2008 Woodie Awards
Miami uses grants to create summer programs for high schoolers
Emily Krouse and Laura Houser
Issue date: 3/6/07 Section: Campus
As part of a statewide initiative to hire more math and Chinese language teachers in Ohio's high schools, Miami University and 19 other Ohio universities have received a $3.5 million grant from the Ohio Board of Regents to start several math, science and foreign language academies.
Over the next few years, it is hoped that more than 500 Ohio high school juniors and seniors will use these academies in preparation to be math and Chinese teachers.
"This is probably only the first step of a much larger program for the state," said Carine Feyten, dean of the School of Education and Allied Professions at Miami. "Miami is very excited about being part of this from the beginning."
The Ohio Board of Regents, a nine-member board that advises the governor and Ohio general assembly on higher education policies, announced Jan. 18 that they had chosen 16 four-year universities and three two-year colleges to participate in the program. The specific schools involved were notified in late February.
Miami was part of two grant programs, one in conjunction with the University of Cincinnati worth $340,000 and another with Ohio State University and Cleveland State University, also worth $340,000.
Miami submitted a proposal for the grants first semester, Feyten said, in collaboration with the other three universities.
Ray Terrell, assistant dean for research and diversity in the School of Education and Allied Professions, was the co-investigator for the grants. He explained that the $340,000 received by Miami and the University of Cincinnati will be split between the schools in the creation of the Summer Academy for Future Mathematics Teachers.
According to Terrell, the academy will start summer 2007 and will chose high school seniors from Hughes High School and Princeton High School in Cincinnati to spend a week at both Miami and the
University of Cincinnati. There, students will take advanced math classes team-taught by both college professors and high school teachers.
Over the next few years, it is hoped that more than 500 Ohio high school juniors and seniors will use these academies in preparation to be math and Chinese teachers.
"This is probably only the first step of a much larger program for the state," said Carine Feyten, dean of the School of Education and Allied Professions at Miami. "Miami is very excited about being part of this from the beginning."
The Ohio Board of Regents, a nine-member board that advises the governor and Ohio general assembly on higher education policies, announced Jan. 18 that they had chosen 16 four-year universities and three two-year colleges to participate in the program. The specific schools involved were notified in late February.
Miami was part of two grant programs, one in conjunction with the University of Cincinnati worth $340,000 and another with Ohio State University and Cleveland State University, also worth $340,000.
Miami submitted a proposal for the grants first semester, Feyten said, in collaboration with the other three universities.
Ray Terrell, assistant dean for research and diversity in the School of Education and Allied Professions, was the co-investigator for the grants. He explained that the $340,000 received by Miami and the University of Cincinnati will be split between the schools in the creation of the Summer Academy for Future Mathematics Teachers.
According to Terrell, the academy will start summer 2007 and will chose high school seniors from Hughes High School and Princeton High School in Cincinnati to spend a week at both Miami and the
University of Cincinnati. There, students will take advanced math classes team-taught by both college professors and high school teachers.
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