Conferences and Meetings
Transforming Institutions Conferences
The biennial Transforming Institutions Conferences are hosted by the Accelerating Systemic Change Network (ASCN) and the Network of STEM Education Centers (NSEC). These conferences bring together researchers, faculty, STEM education centers, Centers for Teaching and Learning, change agents, administrators, and policymakers to focus on transforming undergraduate education. The conferences address critical questions related to institutional change in higher education and foster connections between researchers and change agents across fields. The conference programs provide opportunities for cross-disciplinary discussion and collaboration as attendees work together to bring about institutional change and to define the future of this work.
2025 | St. Louis, Missouri | June 9-11 2025 conference website »
2023 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | June 12-14 2023 conference website »
2021 | Online | June 9-11 2021 conference website »
2019 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | April 3-5 2019 conference website »
Meetings
- Building Structural Equity: National Networks' Role in Promoting Justice Panel Discussion, Online, May 11, 2021
- Leadership Institute for Scaling & Sustaining Institutional Change: Advancing Campus Projects in STEM Education, Portland, OR, August 2–4, 2017
- ASCN Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, June 26, 2017
- SMTI and ASCN joint meeting, New Orleans, LA, June 24–25, 2017
- Accelerating Systemic Change Network: Inaugural Network Workshop, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Chevy Chase, MD, July 6-8, 2016
- The inaugural ASCN network workshop gathered 60 leaders in educational theory and research, change management, leadership, and higher education to initiate the work of the network. The main purpose of the conference was to shape the mission of the four Working Groups which form the core of the network. Participants brainstormed possible action items for their working groups in the following year, many of which are encapsulated on the working groups' public pages.