Broadening Participation in Biology Education Research: Engaging Community College Students and Faculty

Nearly half of all undergraduates are enrolled at community colleges (CCs), including the majority of U.S. students who represent groups underserved in the sciences. Yet only a small minority of studies published in discipline-based education research journals address CC biology students, faculty, courses, or authors. This marked underrepresentation of CC biology education research (BER) limits the availability of evidence that could be used to increase CC student success in biology programs. To address this issue, a diverse group of stakeholders convened at the Building Capacity for Biology Education Research at Community Colleges meeting to discuss how to increase the prevalence of CC BER and foster participation of CC faculty as BER collaborators and authors. The group identified characteristics of CCs that make them excellent environments for studying biology teaching and learning, including student diversity and institutional cultures that prioritize teaching, learning, and assessment. The group also identified constraints likely to impede BER at CCs: limited time, resources, support, and incentives, as well as misalignment between doing research and CC faculty identities as teachers. The meeting culminated with proposing strategies for faculty, administrators, journal editors, scientific societies, and funding agencies to better support CC BER

Method for selecting among alternative incident detection strategies.

Texas Department of Transportation, AustinMode of access: Internet.Author corporate affiliation: Texas Transportation Institute, College StationSubject code: CCDSubject code: GHCBSubject code: HCEESubject code: IESubject code: WOJ*DESubject code: WW*I

Research report (Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.))

Report on connected vehicles, reviewing current research and technologies and developing near-term practical applications that use connected vehicle technology

Real-time coordinated-actuated traffic control during congested conditions.

Texas Department of Transportation, AustinMode of access: Internet.Author corporate affiliation: Texas Transportation Institute, College StationSubject code: CIG*DESubject code: FSSubject code: GHSubject code: GHCBSubject code: GHMSubject code: HBEBDSubject code: KNSubject code: PDESubject code: SDBFSubject code: WNB

Incident response and clearance in the State of Texas: case studies of four motorist assistance patrols.

Texas Department of Transportation, AustinFederal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.Mode of access: Internet.Author corporate affiliation: Texas Transportation Institute, College StationReport covers the period Sept 1990 - Oct 1992Subject code: CCDSubject code: GHCSubject code: HCEESubject code: IESubject code: JR

Advanced technologies for communicating with motorists: a synthesis of human factors and traffic management issues.

Texas Department of Transportation, AustinMode of access: Internet.Author corporate affiliation: Texas Transportation Institute, College StationReport covers the period September 1990 - May 1992Subject code: IEBSubject code: PMHDSubject code: PMHDHSubject code: PMOSubject code: WW*IJSubject code: XFCSubject code: XFFCSubject code: X

Technical report (Texas Transportation Institute)

Technical report examining two strategies were investigated to ensure pedestrian clearance time in intersections near highway-rail grade crossings. The first utilizes a lower-level preemption sequence to guarantee full pedestrian clearance to a terminating phase before the traffic signal starts the preemption sequence. The second strategy uses the pedestrian-omit feature to prevent the controller from activating the pedestrian interval if there is not sufficient time in advance of the start of the preemption sequence to provide full pedestrian clearance

Effect of freeway corridor attributes upon motorist diversion responses to real-time travel time information.

Texas Department of Transportation, AustinFederal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.Mode of access: Internet.Author corporate affiliation: Texas Transportation Institute, College StationSubject code: CCDSubject code: GFSubject code: GHCBSubject code: PDEISubject code: SDBF

Technical report (Texas Transportation Institute)

"This project defined an approach to integrating data collected and traveler information displayed in a work zone with a regional transportation management center and/or other state websites. The project conducted a literature review to define the state of the practice in work zone Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS; smart work zones) and worked with the Texas Department of Transportation traffic managers to identify their safety and nobility needs in a work zone and where ITS can play a role.