UNH Manchester Project Integrates Character Development Into Technical Education

Can learning computing and engineering form character? That's what a UNH College of Professional Studies team of educators and researchers will investigate over the next three years.

Mihaela Sabin, professor of computer science in the College of Professional Studies Manchester division, will collaborate on a project led by Purdue University that aims to educate future professionals who are not only technically prepared but care ethically and morally about their roles in the workplace and society.

"The project's goal aligns with the College of Professional Studies' mission to provide world-class UNH education to New Hampshire resident students enrolled in career-driven academic programs," says Sabin. "Integrating character development into pedagogical and assessment approaches in computing and engineering technology courses will create new venues for strengthening the whole-person education that the university values."

Funding for this research - $100,013 over three years - was provided by Wake Forest University's Educating Character Initiative.