By TYC physics/astronomy faculty for TYC physics/astronomy faculty: The Organization for Physics at Two-Year Colleges (OPTYCs)

• Kristine Lui ^[1]
  1. [1] American Association of Physics Teachers
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 63, Nº. 1, 2025, págs. 73-73
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Back in 1989, a conference for two-year college (TYC) physics-teaching faculty members identified five critical issues that we face: (1) a sense of isolation; (2) difficulty networking with peers and/or mentors; (3) a lack of professional development opportunities; (4) a lack of data on TYC students and their learning; and (5) a lack of data on faculty, programs, and institutions.1 Add to this the greater diversity of students attending TYCs than at four-year institutions,2 and there is clearly a need for TYC instructors to better support a wide range of STEM students.