About the Submission Process

All proposals included:

1. Cover Page: The cover page included:

   • The applicant’s name, position, department, unit, and campus contact information.

   • The title (and course number, if available) of the proposed or redesigned course and approximate number of students.

   • The signature of applicant.

   • Signature of applicant’s department chair indicating approval of selected course for the “cluster”of courses supported through this initiative (a separate, brief letter from the department chair sufficed).

2. Syllabus of Proposed Course: Included at least one sample syllabus from the course proposed to create or redesign.

3. Statement: A statement (of no more than 1,000 words) that explained interest in
   this course design project, including:

   • How the course aligned with the university’s strategic plan.

   • How the goals of the Lumina Fund for Racial Justice and Equity would be furthered by the proposed course innovation.

   • How the course would be developed or redesigned.

   • The anticipated learning outcomes and anticipated impact of the course.

   • Potential assessment techniques.

The statement also included a description of the applicant’s engagement with existing faculty development opportunities at RU-N, including but not limited to, any of the initiatives of the P3 Collaboratory, Intergroup Dialogue, Difficult Dialogues, the ACUE course in teaching effectiveness, the Office of Globally Engaged Experiential Learning, the Chancellor’s Seed Grant Program, and any departmental- or unit-specific faculty development initiatives.

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Application Evaluation Criteria: Applications were selected competitively on:

1. The comprehensiveness of the proposal, including the rationale, connection between racial justice and equity and the course content, and projected learning outcomes.

2. Clarity and presentation of the proposal.

3. The relevance of the proposal to the Rutgers-Newark strategic initiatives.

4. The applicant’s demonstrated commitment to faculty development and effective teaching practices.

As part of this initiative, faculty awarded course design grants completed the following:

• Participated in a biweekly faculty learning community facilitated by the P3 Collaboratory, and designed to share best practices and collaboratively problem solve;

• Worked with our grant evaluators to study the impact of this initiative;

• Engaged in a student-facilitated campus dialogue around the subject matter of the funded course;

• Presented insights and challenges from the (re)design of their course to the university community in a group poster session highlighting publicly-engaged scholarship across Rutgers-Newark (April 25, 2019).

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