Self-Evaluation Tools for Centers: Making Key Contributions to Undergraduate STEM Education
Deborah Carlisle, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Gabriela Weaver, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Centers are key institutional resources. In their mid-level support roles, centers lead and facilitate transformative campus efforts that enhance organizational learning and performance. Our research has explored ...

Presentations: Session XII
Skip to Main ContentSkip to Navigation Login Working together to promote sustainable change in higher education Presentations: Session XII Friday 12:00 pm â 12:25 ...

How Department Context and Institutional Factors Shape Undergraduate STEM Education Reform
Emily Miller, Association of American Universities; Tara King, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); Mary Sorcinelli, University of Massachusetts Amherst
In this presentation, we will report on emergent findings from Leveraging the AAU STEM Education Initiative, a study aimed at examining the institutional landscape in which innovations to undergraduate STEM ...

University systems in the time of punctuated equilibrium: Understanding adaptations to rapid and unpredictable change
Erika Offerdahl, Washington State University- Pullman; Mary Pilgrim, San Diego State University; Emily Walter, California State University-Fresno; Katherine Ryker, University of South Carolina-Columbia
The COVID-19 global pandemic presented unanticipated challenges for undergraduate education. Early in the pandemic, many institutions of higher education were left scrambling as they tried to maintain academic ...

Inclusive Excellence meets Evidence-Based Instructional Practice: The case of a three-pronged approach towards changing institutional practice
Martin Storksdieck, Oregon State University; Ann Sitomer, Oregon State University; Julie Risien, Oregon State University; Holly Cho, Oregon State University; Mary Beisiegel, Oregon State University; Lori Kayes, Oregon State University; Devon Quick, Oregon State University; Nana Osei-Kofi, Oregon State University
Our interactive presentation describes a project based on the premise that evidence-based instructional practices alone are not sufficient for addressing inequities that result in students succeeding in, or leaving ...

STEM Education Center to STEM Equity Center: Meaningful Ways to Increase Inclusivity and Access
Tracie Salinas, Appalachian State University
Because of their unique role at the intersection of teacher education, engagement, and scholarship, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education centers are a vital part of institutional ...

Getting STEM FIT! STEM-Forum for Inclusive Teaching as a model for broad dissemination of evidence-based inclusive teaching practices
Kimberly Mulligan, California State University-Sacramento; Kelly McDonald, California State University-Sacramento
Undergraduate STEM disciplines have notoriously large equity gaps and suffer from disproportionate rates of attrition of systemically minoritized groups. Evidence-based inclusive teaching practices can both ...

Science Education as Civic Education: The Future of STEM Learning
Eliza Jane Reilly, National Center for Science and Civic Engagement; Davida Smyth, The New School; Eliza J. Reilly, National Center for Science and Civic Engagement
Spurred by twin crises of COVID-19 and climate change, and an uncertain employment horizon, the goals for STEM education have shifted from developing a STEM capable workforce to broader and more durable ...

Presentations: Session XI
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Transforming (Inter)Institutional STEM Infrastructures: Lessons from the SEISMIC Project on Designing for Equity and Inclusion at Scale
James Hammond, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Sara Brownell, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus; Carson Byrd, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Susan Cheng, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Nita Kedharnath, Henry Ford Community College; Timothy McKay, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Where equity and inclusion are concerned, STEM higher education remains in need of systemic reform and transformational change—within and across institutions. In this presentation, we discuss how promoting ...

Presentations: Session IX
Skip to Main ContentSkip to Navigation Login Working together to promote sustainable change in higher education Presentations: Session IX Friday 10:20 am â 10:45 ...