Clark Atlanta University is beginning the new year with national funding to support its new focus on undergraduate research.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded the historically black institution $494,000 through December 2018 for the work that is a key part of the university’s efforts to overhaul its curriculum.
Clark Atlanta began work on the new curriculum in 2014 with a Mellon Foundation planning grant. The goal is for Clark Atlanta students to be competitive in a global economy, said Obie Clayton, director of the school’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Creativity, which will be leading the reform efforts.
“This requires that we rethink how we connect students to knowledge and intellectual leadership, how we employ technology and how faculty collaborates to provide out-of-the box engagement,” Clayton said.
Clark Atlanta president Ronald Johnson, in his first year leading the institution, previously told the AJC that the new curriculum will also include student services to improve student recruitment, retention and progression.
“Our curriculum is being redesigned to support a laboratory of thinkers and doers,” Johnson said.
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