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Accelerating Systemic Change Network: A Resource for Change Agents
The webpage is a resource hub for change agents within the Accelerating Systemic Change Network (ASCN), focused on advancing systemic reforms in STEM higher education by connecting researchers and practitioners to share strategies, collaborate through working groups, and access critical resources for institutional transformation.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Change Leaders
Resource Type: Poster
Program Components: Outreach:Policy Change, Inter-Institutional Collaboration

Model Programs for Creating and Sustaining Diversity in STEM
This webpage is a resource page from the Accelerating Systemic Change Network (ASCN) that highlights model programs at Louisiana State University aimed at fostering diversity in STEM, focusing on initiatives like LA-STEM, HHMI Professors Program, and LS-LAMP Bridge to the Doctorate, which collectively enhance representation and persistence of underrepresented groups across STEM disciplines through holistic training and institutional support.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Change Leaders, Equity and Inclusion
Resource Type: Poster
Program Components: Professional Development:Diversity/Inclusion, Supporting Students:Student Engagement

Building STEM Persistence and Identity Through Equity-minded Practices
A resource page from the Accelerating Systemic Change Network showcasing equity-minded programs at the University of Arizona STEM Learning Center that support underrepresented students' persistence and identity development in STEM through mentoring, inclusive design, research opportunities, and community engagement initiatives.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Equity and Inclusion
Resource Type: Poster
Program Components: Supporting Students:Student Engagement, Outreach:Outreach to K12 Teachers and Students

CIRTL INCLUDES: Toward an Alliance to Prepare a National Faculty for Broadening Success of Underrepresented 2-Year and 4-Year STEM Students
Project page detailing CIRTL INCLUDES, an initiative to build a national cross-sector alliance focused on preparing STEM faculty to implement evidence-based, inclusive teaching practices that improve learning, persistence, and completion rates among underrepresented STEM undergraduates in both 2-year and 4-year institutions.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Change Leaders
Resource Type: Poster
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training

A Research-Based Foundation for Change Initiatives Using Instructional Development Teams
This resource page presents an NSF-funded research initiative analyzing team-based instructional development approaches in STEM higher education, detailing how collaborative faculty teams drive systemic change through organizational theory, change leadership, and department-level reform strategies.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Change Leaders
Resource Type: Poster
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Curriculum Development, Course Evaluation

The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL): An Overview
A content page from the Accelerating Systemic Change Network (ASCN) provides an overview of the National Science Foundation-funded Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), detailing its mission to enhance undergraduate STEM education through evidence-based teaching development for graduate students and postdocs, its organizational structure, theory of change, and research on network and program impact.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Change Leaders
Resource Type: Poster
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Curriculum Development, Course Evaluation