NWACC Grant Proposal

1. Project Objective
2. Method
3. Funding Rationale
---Impact
---Innovation
---Feasibility
---Technology Transfer and Outreach
---Leverage
---Collaboration
---Outcome Assessment
4. Project Budget Details
5. Project Schedule

4. Project Budget Details:

Data analysis software license (SPSS) $200
Web-survey software development $500
Web-based cost estimation tool $500
Summer Stipend Project Director $2695
Student Assistance
--Data transcription from focus groups and interviews $800
--Data analysis from surveys $800
--Data collection $3200
Supplies for survey copies and report summaries to instructors $300
Travel to second university $1,000

Other Sources of Project Support
Hewlett Foundation Engineering Schools of the West: Course assessment Survey Development for 2004 - 2005 (OSU Survey Research Center) $2500

Hewlett Foundation Engineering Schools of the West: Course assessment analysis $5,005

5. Project Deliverables

Focus group and interview protocol development for outcome assessment (May – June 2004)

Development of web-based student attitude and student learning survey (June – July 2004)

Develop web page (August 2004)

Software tool development for cost estimation of MWT implementation (August – October 2004)

Software tool development for cost effectiveness metrics (September – October 2004)

Validation data collection at OSU (October 2004 – March 2005)

Validation data collection at second institution (October 2004 – March 2005)

Assessment transferability of methodology to K-12 M

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