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Transformative Learning Networks: Guidelines and Insights for Netweavers
× Transformative Learning Networks: Guidelines and Insights for Netweavers ( This site may be offline. ) This report, aimed at designers and members of learning networks, explores how networks can foster ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Guiding Theories, Change Leaders
Resource Type: Report
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Strategic Planning, Interdepartmental Collaboration, Outreach:Inter-Institutional Collaboration, Policy Change, Institutional Systems:Personnel/Hiring

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 ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Change Leaders
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Curriculum Development, Institutional Systems:Personnel/Hiring, Evaluating Teaching, Outreach:Policy Change, Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Institutional Systems:Interdepartmental Collaboration, Strategic Planning

Change as a Scholarly Act: Higher Education Research Transfer to Practice
× Change as a Scholarly Act: Higher Education Research Transfer to Practice This article offers a university president's perspective on research pathways higher education researchers ought to pursue to ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Change Leaders
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Interdepartmental Collaboration, Outreach:Policy Change, Institutional Systems:Strategic Planning, Outreach:Inter-Institutional Collaboration

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

Four frames for systemic change in STEM departments
× Four frames for systemic change in STEM departments Aimed specifically at change agents operating at the department level, this short article outlines four areas that change agents should focus on -- ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Change Leaders
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Interdepartmental Collaboration, Degree Program Development, Outreach:Policy Change, Institutional Systems:Strategic Planning

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: Outreach:Outreach to K12 Teachers and Students, 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: Supporting Students:Student Engagement, Outreach:Student Recruiting, Institutional Systems

American Association for Community Colleges leadership competencies
American Association for Community Colleges leadership competencies Excellent resources on leadership capabilities needed for developing leaders in community colleges Suggested Citation American Association of ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Change Leaders, Guiding Theories
Resource Type: Booklet
Program Components: Outreach:Informal Education, Professional Development:Leadership

Framing processes and social movements: An overview and assessment
Framing processes and social movements: An overview and assessment A seminal article in sociology/social movements on importance of framing for mobilizing populations for social change. Suggested Citation Benford, ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Guiding Theories
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Outreach:Informal Education

Undergrad chemistry education: A workshop summary
Undergrad chemistry education: A workshop summary Summary of a workshop convened in May 2013 by the Chemical Science Roundtable of the National Research Council to explore the current state of undergraduate ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: Report
Program Components: Outreach:Presentations/Talks, Informal Education