CIRTL Network

is to improve the STEM learning of all students at every college and university, and thereby to increase the diversity in STEM fields and the STEM literacy of the nation. The CIRTL Network

To prepare the future STEM faculty of the nation, CIRTL must influence graduate-through-faculty preparation in teaching and learning at a significant number of research universities. Building again on the CIRTL pillars, we propose to achieve this goal through a learning community of diverse research universities mutually engaged in teaching-as-research activities to prepare future faculty in teaching and learning for all students. To test this strategy, we have created a prototype experiment: the CIRTL Network. Established in fall 2006, the CIRTL Network comprises 25 of the Nation's top Universities::

Cornell University

Howard University

Iowa State University

Johns Hopkins University

Michigan State University

Northwestern University

Purdue University

Texas A&M University

The University of Georgia

The University of Texas at Arlington

University of Alabama at Birmingham

University of California, San Diego

University of Colorado at Boulder

University of Houston

University of Maryland, College Park

University of Massachusetts Amherst

University of Michigan

University of Missouri-Columbia

University of Pittsburgh

University of Rochester

University of South Florida

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Vanderbilt University & Fisk University

Washington University in St. Louis



The diversity of these institutions—private/public; large/moderate size; majority-/minority-serving; geographic location—is by design. The CIRTL Network is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. Cover photo credit: Chesapeake Bay Program