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ACHIEVING SYSTEMIC CHANGE: A SOURCEBOOK FOR ADVANCING AND FUNDING UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION
Catherine L. Fry, Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
This sourcebook is intended as a useful resource for allthose who have a stake in creating STEM solutions forUS society. It addresses the rationale for investing insystemic change throughout higher education, identifiescritical areas for investment, and provides pointers to keyreports and current STEM education reform efforts.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Guiding Theories, Change Leaders, Policy, Costs and Benefits, Equity and Inclusion, Faculty Evaluation
Resource Type: Booklet, White Paper, Report
Program Components: Professional Development:Diversity/Inclusion, Curriculum Development, Institutional Systems:Degree Program Development, Supporting Students:Bridge Program, Student Engagement

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.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Guiding Theories, Change Leaders, Assessment, Policy, Costs and Benefits, Equity and Inclusion, Faculty Evaluation
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Advising and Mentoring, Diversity/Inclusion, Cultural Competency, Institutional Systems:Incentive/Reward Systems, Evaluating Promotion and Tenure, Strategic Planning, Interdepartmental Collaboration, Degree Program Development, Supporting Students:Student Engagement, Learning Communities, Academic Support, Outreach:Policy Change

Racial Equity and Justice in Educational Settings
Eboni Zamani-Gallaher
Dr. Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher interviewed Dr. Dafina-Lazarus Stewart, a professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs at Bowling Green State University, about equity, inclusion, justice, and diversity in academic settings, as well as the role of campus leaders. The summary highlights this interview; the full interview is available as the debut episode of the Democracy's College podcast series.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Change Leaders, Policy, Equity and Inclusion
Resource Type: Report
Program Components: Professional Development:Advising and Mentoring, Diversity/Inclusion, Cultural Competency, Institutional Systems:Personnel/Hiring, Incentive/Reward Systems, Evaluating Promotion and Tenure, Evaluating Teaching, Supporting Students:Student Engagement

Building STEM Persistence and Identity Through Equity-minded Practices
Building STEM Persistence and Identity Through Equity-minded Practices The University of Arizona STEM Learning Center promotes equity-minded practices leading to persistence in STEM majors for underrepresented ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Equity and Inclusion
Resource Type: Poster
Program Components: Supporting Students:Student Engagement, Outreach:Outreach to K12 Teachers and Students

Model Programs for Creating and Sustaining Diversity in STEM
Model Programs for Creating and Sustaining Diversity in STEM Louisiana State University (LSU) is well known for its preeminence in awarding doctoral degrees in chemistry to African Americans. In fact, during the ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Change Leaders, Equity and Inclusion
Resource Type: Poster
Program Components: Professional Development:Diversity/Inclusion, Supporting Students:Student Engagement

Learning Assistant model
Learning Assistant model Students as change agents. Students can be agents of change. Trains undergraduates in pedagogy to support active learning classrooms. Suggested Citation University of Colorado Boulder. ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Change Leaders
Resource Type: Website
Program Components: Professional Development:Preparing Future Teachers, Supporting Students:Student Engagement, Learning Communities, Outreach:Student Recruiting

Toward a descriptive science of teaching: How the TDOP illuminates the multidimensional nature of active learning in postsecondary classrooms
Toward a descriptive science of teaching: How the TDOP illuminates the multidimensional nature of active learning in postsecondary classrooms This empirical paper describes the use of the instructional ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Curriculum Development, Professional Development, Supporting Students:Student Engagement

America's Overlooked Engineers: Community Colleges and Diversity in Engineering Education
America's Overlooked Engineers: Community Colleges and Diversity in Engineering Education Summary of findings from Engineer of 2020 surveys to capitalize on community college as fruitful grounds for ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Institutional Systems, Supporting Students:Student Engagement, Outreach:Student Recruiting

Cooperative Learning resources
Cooperative Learning resources Cover a range of cooperative group work in engineering. Suggested Citation Smith, K.A. (n.d.) RESOURCES: Books, Articles, Presentations and Workshop. Retrieved from ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: Journal Article, Presentation, Book Section, Website
Program Components: Supporting Students:Student Engagement

Integrating Discovery-Based Research into the Undergraduate Curriculum
Integrating Discovery-Based Research into the Undergraduate Curriculum Summarizes the outcomes from a convocation, examine the efficacy of engaging large numbers of undergraduate students who are enrolled in ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: Report
Program Components: Professional Development:Curriculum Development, Supporting Students:Student Engagement, Outreach:Presentations/Talks