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.
We used to allow students to transfer in 32 credits. This limit has been reduced to 20 credits a few years ago. Expanding or restoring this limit will make RPI more attractive to students who have earned more than 20 credits.
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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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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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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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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Many of our Adjuncts return each semester and losing their e-mail has proven to be an issue for many of our long-standing adjuncts. Keeping their e-mail active during "down semesters/time" would be ideal.
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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