KU awarded grant to assist in bringing equity and excellence to introductory science classes
An interdisciplinary team of professors at the University of Kansas has received a $529,500 grant to improve student success and reduce achievement gaps in undergraduate science education. The KU initiative, which began in November, is being led by Andrea Follmer (Greenhoot), a professor of psychology and the director of the Center for Teaching Excellence, and Mark Mort, associate director at the teaching center and professor of ecology & evolutionary biology.