Educators' experiences with student voice: how teachers understand, solicit, and use student voice in their classrooms.
Jerusha O. Conner, Villanova University
Jerusha O. Conner, Villanova University This research paper explores how teachers understand, solicit, and use student input in their classrooms. The author defines 'student voice' as 'strategy that engageds youth in sharing their views on their experiences as students...' but discuss variety of definitions being used, and whether or not 'student voice' necessarily implies student engagement in decision making or even is restricted to opinions concerning school.

Designing for the Margins: Addressing Inequities in Digital Learning Starts With Hearing and Engaging the Student Voice
Jessica Rowland Williams, Every Learner Everywhere
Jessica Rowland Williams, Every Learner Everywhere Reflecting the events of the COVID shut-down, the author provides an overview of student and faculty experiences with remote learning during the stress of the pandemic with a focus on students from historically marginalized populations. The author is the director of Every Learner Everywhere, a network of 12 member institutions which seeks to reduce the achievement gaps through adaptive courseware and other digital tools. In this essay, the author explores what they learned about marginalized students' experiences of online learning while managing financial and personal stress through data harvested from the Suddenly Online national survey plus focus groups at nearly 50 institutions in 22 states.

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).

Fostering Change from Within: Influencing Teaching Practices of Departmental Colleagues by Science Faculty with Education Specialties
× Fostering Change from Within: Influencing Teaching Practices of Departmental Colleagues by Science Faculty with Education Specialties Science faculty with education specialties often have a role in ...

Connecting the Stakeholders: Departments, Policy, and Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education
Naneh Apkarian, Western Michigan University; Dana Kirin, Portland State University; Jessica Gehrtz, Colorado State University; Kristen Vroom, Portland State University
This article reports on major themes that arose from discussions at the Mathematical Association of America's Precalculus to Calculus: Insights and Innovations Conference.

Grassroots Efforts To Quantify and Improve the Academic Climate of an R1 STEM Department: Using Evidence-Based Discussions To Foster Community
Here, we present the outcomes of a graduate-student-led initiative that sought to assess the issues affecting inclusivity, diversity, and wellness within the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. We report how the results of a department-tailored academic climate survey were used to develop a method to foster open, productive discussion among graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty.

Shaping the Future of Higher Education: Practical, Community-Driven Initiatives to Improve Academic Climate
In this Editorial, we present the history and details of a collaborative effort to improve the academic climate of the Department of Chemistry at University of California, Berkeley.

Improving Learning and Reducing Costs: Fifteen Years of Course Redesign
Carol A. Twigg

Misalignments: Challenges in Cultivating Science Faculty with Education Specialties in Your Department
Misalignments: Challenges in Cultivating Science Faculty with Education Specialties in Your Department This paper describes the role and potential contributions of science faculty with education specialties within ...

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. ...