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Ranking ROI Of 4,500 US Colleges And Universities
Anthony P. Carnevale; Ban Cheah; Martin Van Der Werf
Principal findings: Community colleges and many certificate programs have the highest ROI in the short term. Colleges that primarily award bachelor's degrees have the highest ROI in the long term. Public colleges have higher ROI than private colleges in the short term. Degrees from private nonprofit colleges generally have a higher ROI in the long term than public universities.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Policy, Costs and Benefits
Resource Type: Report
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Strategic Planning

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

Improving the Academic Climate of an R1 STEM Department: Quantified Positive Shifts in Perception
This study confirms the positive outcomes of having a practical, sustainable, and data-driven framework for affecting change within a graduate community.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment, Change Leaders, Guiding Theories, Policy, Costs and Benefits, Equity and Inclusion, Faculty Evaluation
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Incentive/Reward Systems, Strategic Planning, Supporting Students:Learning Communities, Scholarships, Grants, Workstudy, Institutional Systems:Degree Program Development, Supporting Students:Academic Support, Professional Development:Diversity/Inclusion

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.

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

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

Community Colleges In The Evolving STEM EDUCATION LANDSCAPE Summary of a Summit
Community Colleges In The Evolving STEM EDUCATION LANDSCAPE Summary of a Summit National Academies, S. Olson and J.B. Labov were the rapporteurs. It does an excellent job of summarizing some of the best practices ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Guiding Theories, Policy
Resource Type: Report
Program Components: Outreach:Presentations/Talks