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DANIELS  \nUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC  \nSALLY L. WOOD Santa Clara University San Jose, CA  \nand  \nSUSAN C. KEMNITZER Directorate for Engineering  \nDivision of Engineering Education and Centers Arlington, VA  \nAPPENDIX  \nEngineering education directly supports the nation’s capacity for economic growth, infrastructure renewal, and security, as well as environmental and human health. Numerous reports have recommended federal support to advance our understanding of how students learn, how faculty teach, and how teaching and learning are assessed. The U. S. National Science Foundation (NSF) funded eight Engineering Education Coalitions comprising 49 universities from 1990 to 2005 to encourage implementation of report findings. The NSF Department Level Reform (DLR) program was designed to build on the efforts of the coalitions with funding provided to 20 universities to reformulate and update their engineering programs from 2004-2008. In this paper, the authors provide a brief summary of the coalition effort, an overview of the DLR program, highlights from selected DLR implementation efforts and comments on future directions of engineering education and research.  \nKeywords: Department level reform, National Science Foundation  \nSUMMER 2011 1  \nADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION  \nThe role of NSF’s Department Level Reform program in engineering education practice and research  \nINTRODUCTION  \nThe state of research and practice in engineering education is the result of many individuals and organizations. Jesiek et al. (2009) provided a summary of the history and origins [of U.S. engineer](of U.S. engineer)ing education research, noting the intertwined influence of key authors, reports and activities, many of which were associated with the National Academies, National Science Board, National Science Foundation, ABET Inc. , Engineering Deans Council and American Society of Engineering Education. Seely (2005) has summarized changes in the practice of engineering education, noting that periodic calls for reform have been documented since the latter part of the nineteenth century. A convergence of such calls in the late 1980s (e. g., NRC 1985, NSB 1986, ASEE 1986, 1987, ABET 1986) led to the Belmont Conference (Willenbrock 1989) at which significant federal investment into “the development of consortia of educational institutions”was recommended “as a national imperative.”In response, the Division of Engineering Education and Centers within the Directorate for Engineering (EEC/ENG) and Division for Undergraduate Education in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (DUE/EHR) at the NSF developed a program to fund several multi-institution Engineering Education Coalitions (NSF 1989) . This funding model was changed in 2002 to focus on department level reform at individual institutions.  \nThe primary purpose of this manuscript is to provide an overview of the Department Level Reform (DLR) program. This manuscript also briefly summarizes the Engineering Education Coalitions program because it immediately preceded and influenced the DLR program. Background discussion is limited to the coalitions and DLR, although other NSF investments through the EEC/ENG Engineering Research Centers (ERC) program, various programs in the DUE/EHR (e. g. , Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI)) as well as other federal support (e. g., Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)) have all contributed to the development of engineering education.  \nBACKGROUND  \nOver the fifteen year period from 1990-2005 eight Engineering Education Coalitions comprising 49 universities were supported with approximately $157 million to develop a","cbCaii9Be9glhsF6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaii9Be9glhsF6","pdf",1580260,15,"English","# Introduction\n# Background","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of the manuscript?\",\"answer\":\"To provide an overview of the Department Level Reform (DLR) program and briefly summarize the preceding Engineering Education Coalitions that influenced it.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the NSF shift funding from coalitions to the DLR program?\",\"answer\":\"The funding model changed in 2002 to focus on department level reform at individual institutions, building on coalition efforts.\"},{\"question\":\"What period and scale of support did the Engineering Education Coalitions receive?\",\"answer\":\"From 1990 to 2005, eight coalitions comprising 49 universities received about $157 million to develop and deploy systemic reform efforts.\"}]","The role of NSF’s Department Level Reform program in engineering education practice and research | PDF",1792067161,38]