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The Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative at UBC: A Dean's Perspective
A resource page from the Accelerating Systemic Change Network featuring Dean Simon Peacock's white paper on lessons learned from leading the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative at UBC, focusing on systemic STEM education reform, faculty development, and institutional change strategies.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Change Leaders
Resource Type: White Paper
Program Components: Professional Development:Curriculum Development, Course Evaluation

Improving postsecondary STEM education: Strategies for successful collaboration and brokering across disciplinary paradigms
A resource page from the Accelerating Systemic Change Network presents a white paper detailing five strategies for fostering collaboration between STEM and education faculty to integrate education research into postsecondary STEM teaching practices, emphasizing interdisciplinary brokering and systemic reform.

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

ACHIEVING SYSTEMIC CHANGE: A SOURCEBOOK FOR ADVANCING AND FUNDING UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION
Catherine L. Fry, Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
This resource page hosts a comprehensive sourcebook on systemic change in undergraduate STEM education, detailing investment rationales, critical reform areas, and curated references for stakeholders in higher education, with a focus on equity, policy, faculty evaluation, and institutional transformation.

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

Communities of Transformation and their work scaling STEM reform
A resource page from the Accelerating Systemic Change Network presents a white paper on Communities of Transformation—specifically BioQUEST, PKAL, POGIL, and SENCER—detailing their roles in advancing and scaling STEM education reform through sustainability, leadership, and institutional change.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Guiding Theories, Change Leaders
Resource Type: White Paper
Program Components: Professional Development, Institutional Systems

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 ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Guiding Theories
Resource Type: White Paper
Program Components: Professional Development:Curriculum Development, Professional Development

Getting ideas into action: Building networked improvement communities in education
Academic resource page presenting a white paper on networked improvement communities in education, detailing the science of improvement research, advocating for systemic reform in educational problem-solving through collaborative, purposeful collective action as proposed by Bryk, Gomez, and Grunow.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Guiding Theories
Resource Type: White Paper
Program Components: Professional Development, Outreach:Outreach to K12 Teachers and Students

An overview of national STEM Education Initiatives that Impact Undergraduate STEM Education
A resource page from the Accelerating Systemic Change Network (ASCN) providing an overview of national STEM education initiatives impacting undergraduate education, featuring a curated Google Doc listing networks and programs, with metadata indicating it is a transactional, professionally oriented page focused on curriculum development, assessment, and systemic reform in higher education.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: White Paper
Program Components: Professional Development:Accessibility, Curriculum Development, Course Evaluation