The Adjunct Advocate @ FIT is an online, faculty development program at FIT, part of the State University of New York. This convenient new resource, developed by the Center for Excellence in Teaching, reaches out to adjunct and off-campus faculty with professional development that includes printable materials, video, discussion boards, and video-conferencing. This work-in-progress will be fully launched in spring 2009.

Urban students in engineering programs can face certain challenges including: 1) Inadequate academic preparation for college 2) Family and work responsibilities and 3) Lack of in-school support in the formation of their academic/ professional identities. The Adjunct Academy at City Tech (CUNY) project was created to improve the lives of adjunct, engineering faculty and engineering students. These are two important groups at NY City College of Technology (City Tech, CUNY), a diverse school in the northeast. Program details and early first semester outcomes will be discussed.

TECH-FIT is a National Science Foundation initiative at FIT, part of the State University of New York. An institution with over 85% female students, this interdisciplinary, design-related STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) project sought to increase inclusion and student performance in STEM. Building on new and existing online teaching and learning resources, goals were achieved through faculty development and innovative curriculum, supported by research-based pedagogies and innovative technology.