Inventions and Impact 2: Building Excellence in Undergraduate ...

Introduction
education, and they emphasized the importance of increasing
innovation and diversity in STEM education programs and
the increasingly urgent need for change (2005, “Innovate
America: Thriving in a World of Challenge and Change, Council
on Competitiveness,” http://innovateamerica.org/webscr/
report.asp and 2006, “Recommendations for Urgent Action,”
Project Kaleidoscope, http://www.pkal.org/documents/
ReportOnReportsII.cfm).
The CCLI Program supports the development of exemplary
courses and teaching practices (including the acquisition
of equipment needed to support these developments) and
assessment and research efforts that build on and contribute to
the pool of knowledge concerning effective approaches in STEM
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undergraduate education. The Program recognizes the value of
a cadre of STEM faculty committed to improving undergraduate
STEM education and sharing their findings with each other,
forming a “community of scholars.”
The report “Invention and Impact: Building Excellence
in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics Education” (2005, http://www.aaas.org/
publications/books_reports/CCLI) describes some of the
successful efforts supported by the CCLI program and its
predecessors (the Course and Curriculum Development [CCD],
Instruction and Laboratory Improvement [ILI], and Undergraduate
Faculty Enhancement [UFE] programs). Additional information
about funded projects is available through the NSF award search
engine, http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/.
www.aaas.org
Program Book 2008 Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI)