The Evolution of Curricular Change Models within the Foundation Coalition
The Evolution of Curricular Change Models within the Foundation Coalition This paper examines one aspect of the curricular change process undertaken by the Foundation Coalition (FC); specifically, how ...

Transportation Engineering Instructors' Decision-Making Processes for Course Change
Transportation Engineering Instructors' Decision-Making Processes for Course Change Describes adoption of course changes in engineering, with recommendations for curriculum developers. Suggested Citation ...

Facilitating change in undergraduate STEM instructional practices: An analytic review of the literature
Facilitating change in undergraduate STEM instructional practices: An analytic review of the literature Henderson, C., Beach, A., & Finkelstein, N. D. Foundational article reviewing articles on change in ...

Benefit–Cost Analysis of Undergraduate Education Programs: An Example Analysis of the Freshman Research Initiative
Rebecca L. Walcott; Phaedra S. Corso; Stacia E. Rodenbusch; and Erin L. Dolan
The authors comprehensively describe how to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of an undergraduate education program, using a detailed real-life example to illustrate the process. Principal conclusion: the university's investment in Freshman Research Initiative generates a positive return for students in the form of increased future earning potential (p. 1).

Aligning Practice to Policies: Changing the Culture to Recognize and Reward Teaching at Research Universities
This is an article about how to align University practices with policies. It offers three examples of how institutions have begun projects to achieve this. It overlaps with the TEval resources, as two of the examples are TEval participants.Abstract: "Recent calls for improvement in undergraduate education within STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) disciplines are hampered by the methods used to evaluate teaching effectiveness. Faculty members at research universities are commonly assessed and promoted mainly on the basis of research success. To improve the quality of undergraduate teaching across all disciplines, not only STEM fields, requires creating an environment wherein continuous improvement of teaching is valued, assessed, and rewarded at various stages of a faculty member's career. This requires consistent application of policies that reflect well-established best practices for evaluating teaching at the department, college, and university levels. Evidence shows most teaching evaluation practices do not reflect stated policies, even when the policies specifically espouse teaching as a value. Thus, alignment of practice to policy is a major barrier to establishing a culture in which teaching is valued. Situated in the context of current national efforts to improve undergraduate STEM education, including the Association of American Universities Undergraduate STEM Education Initiative, this essay discusses four guiding principles for aligning practice with stated priorities in formal policies: 1) enhancing the role of deans and chairs; 2) effectively using the hiring process; 3) improving communication; and 4) improving the understanding of teaching as a scholarly activity. In addition, three specific examples of efforts to improve the practice of evaluating teaching are presented as examples: 1) Three Bucket Model of merit review at the University of California, Irvine; (2) Evaluation of Teaching Rubric, University of Kansas; and (3) Teaching Quality Framework, University of Colorado, Boulder. These examples provide flexible criteria to holistically evaluate and improve the quality of teaching across the diverse institutions comprising modern higher education."

From Faculty to Change Agent: Lessons Learned in the Development and Implementation of a Change Workshop
From Faculty to Change Agent: Lessons Learned in the Development and Implementation of a Change Workshop Presents successful change strategies through workshop preparation and facilitation, for change agents, that ...

Navigating institutional change for student success in STEM
Navigating institutional change for student success in STEM Suggested Citation Carey, S.J., Navigating institutional change for student success in STEM, Spring 2015, Vol.17, No.2.

American Society of Microbiology
American Society of Microbiology Looking at 20 years of American Society for Microbiology programs; how the society programs have grown an changed and recommendations for the future. Suggested Citation Chang, A. ...

Effective practices in undergraduate STEM: Examining the evidence
Effective practices in undergraduate STEM: Examining the evidence NRC and WCER collaboration to examine the current state of knowledge about "promising practices" in undergraduate STEM education. ...

Research-Based Implementation of Peer Instruction: A Literature Review
Research-Based Implementation of Peer Instruction: A Literature Review Review of relevant research in how to implement Peer Instruction effectively. Suggested Citation VIckrey, T., Rosploch, K., Rahmanian, R., ...