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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

Diffusion of Engineering Education Innovations: A Survey of Awareness and Adoption Rates in U.S. Engineering Departments
Diffusion of Engineering Education Innovations: A Survey of Awareness and Adoption Rates in U.S. Engineering Departments Research questions include: How widespread is awareness and adoption of established ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development, Institutional Systems

Implicit social cognition: from measures to mechanisms
Describes current trends in attending to, and measuring, implicit processes such as social perception, judgement and action.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment, Communication
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Student Assessment

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.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Guiding Theories, Change Leaders, Assessment, Equity and Inclusion
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Diversity/Inclusion, Institutional Systems:Strategic Planning

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

A Better Way to Evaluate Undergraduate Teaching
A Better Way to Evaluate Undergraduate Teaching In this article, the author considers current methods of evaluating teaching at research universities and proposes a new method for evaluation based on teaching ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment, Faculty Evaluation
Resource Type: Journal Article

Navigating institutional change for student success in STEM
Navigating institutional change for student success in STEM Suggested Citation Carey, S.J., Navigating institutional change for student success in STEM, Spring 2015, Vol.17, No.2.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Change Leaders, Assessment
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Curriculum Development, Course Evaluation, Institutional Systems:Evaluating Teaching

PORTAAL, the Practical Observation Rubric To Assess Active Learning
PORTAAL, the Practical Observation Rubric To Assess Active Learning Sarah Eddy and colleagues. The paper describes its development and validation. It is designed to systematically document evidence-based teaching ...

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

The Best of Both Worlds: Building on the COPUS and RTOP Observation Protocols to Easily and Reliably Measure Various Levels of Reformed Instructional Practice
× The Best of Both Worlds: Building on the COPUS and RTOP Observation Protocols to Easily and Reliably Measure Various Levels of Reformed Instructional Practice Cluster analysis of RTOP and COPUS to identify ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development, Institutional Systems:Evaluating Teaching

Enhancing use of learning sciences research in planning for and supporting educational change: Leveraging and building social networks
Enhancing use of learning sciences research in planning for and supporting educational change: Leveraging and building social networks Penuel, Bell, Bevan, Buffington and Falk, Journal of Educational Change. ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Curriculum Development, Professional Development