A theoretical perspective on sustaining an education change initiative
Ann Sitomer, Oregon State University; Kathy Quardokus Fisher, University of Notre Dame
Some education change initiatives focus on developing programs intended to promote long-lasting, large-scale improvement to undergraduate education. When initiatives are launched by temporary external funding, ...

Elevating Student Experience to Transform STEM Education
Samantha Levine, APLU; Laurel Hartley, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center; Sushilla Knottenbelt, University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Over a decade of research on learning mindsets – such as belonging, growth mindset, and purpose – demonstrates that positive experiences of community, belonging, and academic support on campus and in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Translating Theory Into Practice for Widespread Change: The TRESTLE Initiative
Andrea Follmer Greenhoot, University of Kansas Main Campus; Caroline Bennett, University of Kansas Main Campus; Mark Mort, University of Kansas Main Campus; Stephanie Chasteen, University of Colorado at Boulder
The TRESTLE (Transforming Education, Stimulating Teaching & Learning Excellence) initiative was developed as a multi-institutional intervention across six universities to promote broad adoption of ...

It's a START: Supporting Intergenerational Department Change Teams to Build Anti-racist Courses and Curricula
Mary Wright, Brown University; Monica Linden, Brown University; Patricia Sobral, Brown University; James Valles, Brown University; Stacey Lawrence, Brown University; Eric Kaldor, Brown University
Like many institutions of higher education, Brown University has established an institutional imperative to address diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) on many levels, and like many centers for teaching and ...

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 ...

Mobile Summer Institutes: An Institution-based Iteration of the Summer Institutes on Scientific Teaching that Targets Both Individual and Institutional Transformation.
Michelle Withers, Binghamton University; Marguerite Brickman, University of Georgia; Xinnian Chen, University of Connecticut; Robert Bills, Binghamton University; Mark Graham, Yale University; Joseph Ankrom, Binghamton University; Elias Miller, SUNY at Binghamton
While research has demonstrated the benefits of active learning on student success and reduction of performance gaps for historically excluded groups, the majority of post-secondary STEM educators still rely ...