Education

The Education Working Group is embracing our rich history of educational innovation to pursue exciting visions like personalized learning that adapts the delivery of knowledge to the preferred learning style of an individual. 

Gender Diversity through equitable access to campus presence, research opportunities and resources

Submitted by skovik on Tue, 05/30/2023 - 8:46 PM

Harvard Business Review (2021) released a statement with findings across the pandemic: "Childcare is not a family issue, it is a business issue."  Working parents and particularly women workers need to leave work or reduce hours solely due to lack of childcare and inconsistent care support / lack of back-up care. RPI has done wonderfully in allowing HR to provide pinch-hitter options for back up care, but this system is limited to case-by-case appointments of single days only, which requires approval by a solo HR representative for any care support.
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Ongoing Experimental Opera Space (EOS)/Summer Contemporary Opera Festival

Submitted by whaler2 on Tue, 05/30/2023 - 8:45 PM

The Experimental Opera Space (EOS) would be a national laboratory for opera creators to ideate, workshop, prototype, rehearse and perform new works at the cutting edge of the arts and technology.  EOS fills a needed gap for American opera companies to take risks, experiment, and interact with the latest technology.  EOS will encourage its research partners to reimagine the process of creation and performance as research, and will work closely with the Research division of EMPAC as well as the Arts Department as a whole.
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Innovative Ensemble/Lab

Submitted by whaler2 on Tue, 05/30/2023 - 7:48 PM

Establish a groundbreaking musical ensemble whose work sits at the intersection of the arts, social justice and technology.  Mirroring the Research and Performance/Curatorial branches of EMPAC and the interconnected and interdisciplinary nature of the arts at RPI, the work of this ensemble would be to pursue both socially impactful tech research projects born of the artistic process, as well as incubating and creating performances of new works who necessitate and contextualize the new technology.
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Engineering Design and the Community

Submitted by thompd4 on Tue, 05/23/2023 - 11:05 AM

It would be great to identify real problems that exist on campus (in facilities, in maintenance, in residence life, athletics, muller center, in the classroom...)  for  that our students in IED can work to solve.  

Partnerships on campus and off campus (hospitals, senior centers, rehab, OT/PT)  will only enrich these learning experiences and may provide a working solution to real challenges on or off campus.

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Rensselaer Center for Innovative Design

Submitted by rosadm on Thu, 05/04/2023 - 3:09 PM

When is the last time you built something – that you thought of – with your hands? If it’s been a while, don’t feel bad. You’re not alone. Surprisingly, many of RPI’s students have never done it. This is an alarming fact given the nature of RPI’s primary curricula. Design and engineering cannot exist solely in a virtual space. It is necessary for an individual to experience how things are assembled, how materials perform, and how people interact with their creations.
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