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Title: A Comprehensive Model for Undergraduate Science Education Reform to Better Serve the Underserved
Description: Failure to succeed in introductory science classes is a barrier to diversification of the scientific workforce. In the early 1990s, it was found that Grinnell College students —particularly those of color, women, and first-generation college students⎯were entering Grinnell College with an avowed interest in pursuing degrees in the sciences but abandoning their academic goals when they failed to do well in introductory science courses. To address this problem, a program called the Grinnell Science Project was developed to help students overcome three barriers to success in the sciences. We developed this list of barriers from data analysis of performance and issues experienced by students as: (1) unsuccessful acclimation to college life; (2) ineffectiveness of traditional pedagogy; and (3) a lack of mentoring and role models. Results of this project reveal improved grades for domestic students of color, as well as comparable rates of science major completion and pursuit of graduate study for all groups of students. The culture of the Science Division has changed to reflect, both in architecture and in actions, a commitment to establishing a supportive and inclusive community to promote excellent science. The sciences have undergone major curricular reform, including revision of introductory courses throughout the sciences to provide more active and engaged pedagogies and provide increased opportunities for course-embedded and dedicated research experiences.
Date Created: 2022
PID: grinnell:31979

Title: A Discriminative Semi-Markov Model for Robust Scene Text Recognition
Description: We present a semi-Markov model for recognizing scene text that integrates character and word segmentation with recognition.
Date Created: 2008
PID: grinnell:6266

Title: A Great Teacher of Politics
Description: Reflection on the contributions of Jesse Macy to the study of politics written on the occasion of his retirement from teaching.
Date Created: 1912
PID: grinnell:18337

Title: A Pandemic at the Library: Lessons from COVID-19 About Technology Needs For Remote Working During a Crisis
Description: In March 2020, during the COVID-19 crisis, Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, United States decided to close its campus and that the majority of its employees would be working remotely. The library technology team had to work with limited time to ensure that the rest of the staff could perform their tasks remotely. This poster discusses how the library technology team set staff up to work remotely and lessons learned and best practices for setting up library staff to work remotely during the next crisis.
Date Created: 2020
PID: grinnell:28276

Title: A Role for Ecology in the Evolution of Colour Variation and Sexual Dimorphism in Hawaiian Damselfiles
Description: The hypothesis that ecological differences play a role in the evolution of body colour variation within and between sexes in a radiation of endemic Hawaiian damsel? 1/4 ?ies is tested.
Date Created: 2016
PID: grinnell:23042

Title: Accept Herron Resignation
Description: Statement by the Trustees of Iowa College accepting the resignation of George D. Herron
Date Created: 1899
PID: grinnell:18358

Title: Adoption of the No-Requirements Curriculum
Description: Paper by Beryl E. Clotfelter, Professor Emeritus of Physics, on the history of Grinnell College's no-requirements curriculum and the establishment of the first-year tutorial.
Date Created: 2003
PID: grinnell:27788

Title: Alternative Introductions to Applied Statistics for Mathematics Students, Statistics in the Liberal Arts Workshop (SLAW), Technical Report No. 90-008
Description: At many colleges a typical mathematics student's introduction to the field of statistics consists of the standard two semester sequence in Probability and Statistics. Indeed, at many smaller colleges, there are the only courses in statistics available for credit towards a math major. A group of statistics educators, with support from the Sloan Foundation's New Liberal Arts Program, has been investigating alternatives to this approach. Our goal is to capture the interest of mathematically talented students and encourage them to pursue further work in statistics. We believe that this goal can be addressed by developing an applied statistics course which exposes students more quickly to the joys of data analysis, emphasizes the applications of statistics, and utilizes their ability/interest in mathematics. The need for such an alternative course, potential pitfalls in its development, and several specific models for its implementation will be discussed.
Date Created: 1991
PID: grinnell:26691

Title: Alumni Oral Histories: A Collaboration Between the Libraries and Development and Alumni Relations
Description: This article describes a collaboration between Grinnell College's libraries and its Office of Development and Alumni Relations
Date Created: 2019
PID: grinnell:27777

Title: Alumni Recitation Hall (ARH), ARH
Description: Photograph of Alumni Recitation Hall (ARH).
Date Created: 1997
PID: grinnell:1892