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2023 Transforming Institutions Conference Takeaways


Posted: Aug 15 2023 by

Casey Wright
Western Michigan University
Casey Wright, Western Michigan University

Change Topics (Working Groups): Guiding Theories, Change Leaders, Assessment, Communication, Policy, Costs and Benefits, Equity and Inclusion, Faculty Evaluation
Target Audience: College/University Staff, Non-tenure Track Faculty, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Institution Administration, Teaching/Learning Assistants, Graduate Students, Post-doctoral Fellows
Program Components: Professional Development:Accessibility, Diversity/Inclusion, Institutional Systems:Incentive/Reward Systems, Evaluating Teaching, Supporting Students:Student Engagement, Learning Communities

The 2023 Transforming Institutions Conference was held June 12-13, 2023, in Minneapolis, MN. With this most recent convening, we are proud to have brought together change researchers and change agents for 12 years. The meeting was made possible by the efforts of a conference planning committee consisting of 10 change agents convened by NSEC (Network of STEM Education Centers) and ASCN (Accelerating Systemic Change Network), supported by 40 reviewers from the systemic change community. Now that the dust has settled, we would like to share some key takeaways, attendee feedback, and future conference plans to continue to build momentum for our community to thrive with change. More

Join an ASCN working group!


Posted: Feb 19 2020 by
Kate White
Temple University
Kate White (Western Michigan University), ASCN Research Director
Change Topics (Working Groups): Guiding Theories, Change Leaders, Assessment, Costs and Benefits, Equity and Inclusion, Faculty Evaluation
Target Audience: Pre-Service K12 Teachers, In-Service K12 Teachers, College/University Staff, Non-tenure Track Faculty, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Institution Administration, Teaching/Learning Assistants, Post-doctoral Fellows
Program Components: Professional Development:Diversity/Inclusion, Leadership, Institutional Systems:Incentive/Reward Systems, Evaluating Promotion and Tenure, Physical Infrastructure

Have you been considering joining one of our working groups, but aren't sure where to start? Here you'll find updates on what each of our groups is working on and more information on how to get involved in 2020. You can join any of our working groups by filling out this short form. Keep reading to learn more about how we're exploring theories of change; the costs, benefits, and impact of change; change leadership; equity and inclusion in systemic change; aligning faculty work with change; and learning spaces. More

Reflections on the SMTI/ASCN Workshop on Diversity and Inclusion


Posted: Jul 13 2017 by
Inese Berzina-Pitcher
Western Michigan University
Inese Berzina-Pitcher
Change Topics (Working Groups): Guiding Theories, Change Leaders, Assessment, Communication, Policy, Costs and Benefits, Equity and Inclusion
Target Audience: College/University Staff, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Institution Administration, Post-doctoral Fellows

Last month in partnership with the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) we organized SMTI/ASCN Workshop on Diversity and Inclusion.

One of the major objectives of the workshop was to advance a dialog on diversity and inclusion in undergraduate STEM education between practitioners transforming institutions and researchers who are studying systemic change at higher education institutions.

The workshop featured case studies of institutions that are making progress on increasing diversity and inclusion on their campuses. These case studies were used to stimulate small group discussion amongst all participants on what is working or not on their campuses. In addition, small group discussion by ASCN working groups also were offered.

With a great interest we read reflections offered by the workshop participants and in turn More

Writing a proposal? Here are some great resources from ASCN!


Posted: Dec 19 2016 by

Stephanie Chasteen
University of Colorado at Boulder
Stephanie Chasteen

Change Topics (Working Groups): Change Leaders, Assessment
Target Audience: College/University Staff, Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Institution Administration, Graduate Students, Post-doctoral Fellows

For many of us, it's proposal writing season. If you are submitting an NSF-IUSE proposal, there are increasing expectations that the proposal will include a theory of change for how the project aims to achieve its outcomes, and a well-developed evaluation plan for assessing progress toward those outcomes. As an evaluator, I am often asked to help people flesh out these objectives and metrics, and I have found several of the resources on the ASCN site very useful. I was lucky enough to be helping out with the ASCN project when these resources came in, and acted as a temporary librarian to create the list of resources on the site, and so am quite familiar with the breadth of resources. This blog post is to point you toward some of my favorites that have been useful when writing a proposal aimed at institutional change. More

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