Connecting Project Principles and a Theory of Change to Practice: Departmental Action Teams
Sarah Wise, University of Colorado at Boulder; Courtney Ngai, Colorado State University; Joel Corbo, University of Colorado at Boulder
Every change effort needs a solid foundation in order to achieve its desired impacts. We have found that project principles and a Theory of Change (TOC) provide such a foundation for the Departmental Action Team ...

Defining a T1 University
Christine Cutucache, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Stephanie Salomone, University of Portland; Eric Anctil, University of Portland; Heather Dillon, University of Washington-Tacoma Campus; Carolyn James, University of Portland; Valerie Peterson, University of Portland; Tara Prestholdt, University of Portland
Institutions of higher education are experiencing a paradigm shift. Research activity has long been seen as separate from teaching and of greater value to the institution's prestige and impact. We take the ...

Driving Change by Building Faculty Leaders and Fostering Community College Partnerships
Holly Godsey, University of Utah; Jordan Gerton, University of Utah; Allyson Rocks, University of Utah
UPSTEM (Utah Pathways to STEM) is an HHMI Inclusive Excellence project at the University of Utah and Salt Lake Community College to build capacity for supporting people from diverse backgrounds. The project ...

Walking the walk of complex systems: Moving beyond "doing change" to build systemic capacity
John Morelock, University of Georgia
In their landmark publication ten years ago, Henderson, Beach, and Finkelstein (2011) advocated that STEM institutions must be viewed as complex systems for long-term change initiatives to be successful. That ...

Organization-focused Networks as Levers for Change: A Research-Based Theoretical Framework to Conceptualize their Work
Ann Austin, Michigan State University; Susan Singer, Rollins College; Vicki Baker, Michigan State University; Adam Grimm, Michigan State University; Levi B Shanks, Michigan State University; Mathew Devereaux, Michigan State University
Networks are a powerful lever for advancing improvements in STEM education by leveraging sustained collaboration focused on a common goal. This proposed workshop will provide an opportunity for ASCN attendees to ...

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 ...

Achieving sustained change through multi-institutional collaboration
Andrea Follmer Greenhoot, University of Kansas Main Campus; George Rehrey, Indiana University-Bloomington; Lorne Whitehead, University of British Columbia
ASCN is an established lever for engaging faculty, administrators, and policy makers in careful thinking about improvement in undergraduate teaching and learning, providing opportunities to explore and analyze ...

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 ...

The (STEM)2 Network: A Multi-Institution, Multidisciplinary Approach to Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education
Jessica Santangelo, Hofstra University; Alison Hyslop, St. John's University-New York
Recognizing that the systemic transformation of STEM higher education is challenging, the (STEM)2 Network directly addresses those challenges by bridging disciplinary and institutional silos, and leveraging the ...

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 ...