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We continuously strive to enhance the
learning environment on our campus. For example,
our Institute for Teaching and Learning (ITL) enables
faculty to hone their teaching abilities by promoting
faculty mentoring, educational technology, new
methods of instruction, service learning and more.
We also are actively involved in improving the learning environment before a student enters college. As a partner in the Northeast Ohio Center of Excellence for Mathematics and Science Education (NEOCEx), we help students of all ages and grade levels to improve their performance in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). In 2006, we received $340,000 from the Ohio Board of Regents to conduct a five-week Summer STEM Academy to encourage more high school students to pursue teaching careers in these areas. |
The University also
is a partner with the City of Akron, Akron Public
Schools and the National Inventors Hall of Fame to
create a middle school, located inside the Hall of
Fame, that focuses on STEM subjects.
Our efforts even extend to the earliest, most
basic years of a student’s education. UA is one of
three universities that comprise the Reading First
Ohio Center, a consortium that gives teachers in
grades K – 3 access to the latest practices and ideas
for improving literacy.
This relentless quest for educational excellence at all levels began to pay dividends in 2006. Last fall, UA’s freshmen enrollment increased 16 percent and overall enrollment climbed 4 percent. |
