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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 ...
Resource Type: Report
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Personnel/Hiring, Strategic Planning, Interdepartmental Collaboration, Outreach:Policy Change, Inter-Institutional Collaboration
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.
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.
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
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.
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Diversity/Inclusion, Institutional Systems:Strategic Planning
Supporting and Advancing Geoscience Education in Two Year Colleges
Supporting and Advancing Geoscience Education in Two Year Colleges Science Education Resource Center (SERC) website with resources to support 2YC geoscience faculty and programs. Suggested Citation Science ...
Resource Type: Website
Program Components: Supporting Students
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 ...
Resource Type: Booklet
Program Components: Professional Development:Leadership, Outreach:Informal Education
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Reconsidered: Institutional Integration and Impact
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Reconsidered: Institutional Integration and Impact Pat Hutchings, Mary Taylor Huber, and Anthony Ciccone. Focuses on the spread of the scholarship of teaching and learning ...
Resource Type: Book
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Preparing Future Teachers, Curriculum Development
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, ...
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Outreach:Informal Education
Promising practices in Undergraduate STEM Education
Promising practices in Undergraduate STEM Education Proposes set of promising practices for lower division courses and programs of undergraduate STEM, such as learning outcomes, group work, and learning ...
Resource Type: White Paper
Program Components: Professional Development:Curriculum Development, Professional Development
Student teams in engineering
Student teams in engineering Addresses common faculty questions about using student teams, including designing worksheets and assigning students to teams. Suggested Citation Foundation Coalition. (2004, September ...
Resource Type: Website
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Curriculum Development