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Change Topics (Working Groups)Building on the BOSE Report of Indicators for STEM Education
Posted: Mar 23 2018 by
Target Audience: Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty, Institution Administration, Non-tenure Track Faculty, College/University Staff
Program Components: Supporting Students:Professional Preparation, Academic Support, Professional Development:Diversity/Inclusion
As everyone probably knows by now, the National Academies have released their Indicators for Monitoring Undergraduate STEM Education.
There clearly is much overlap with the charge to the Working Group on Demonstrating Change. We would appreciate informal discussion around two questions:- Is there anything left for us to do?
- Assuming the answer to #1 is "yes," how can we shape our work so as to build on this report? More
The Power (and necessity) of Students in Systemic Change
Posted: Sep 28 2017 by Marcos Montes and Dr. Rob Shorette
Target Audience: Graduate Students, Transfer Students, First Generation College Students, Teaching/Learning Assistants, Underrepresented Minority Students, Undergraduate Non-Majors, First-year College Students, Undergraduate Majors
Program Components: Supporting Students:Student Engagement
Almost any change in higher education is difficult. And slow. Systemic change, which produces seismic shifts in the operations and culture of an organization, is even more difficult to achieve. Or in the words of another ASCN blogger Jeanne Century, "the stakes are much higher and the challenge is greater." Particularly for public higher education institutions, there is no shortage of stakeholder groups with keen interests in the outcomes of systemic change efforts, including faculty, staff, administrators, lawmakers, community members, and the general public. Certainly, a process that authentically includes all of these stakeholder groups and reflects the varying perspectives each bring to the table is essential to successful change. However, no group has as much at stake when it comes to systemic change in higher education as students. More
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