Achieving department change through theoretically guided work with department heads: The DeLTA Project
Paula Lemons, University of Georgia; Tessa C. Andrews, University of Georgia
The Department and Leadership Teams for Action (DeLTA) project promotes second-order change in STEM undergraduate education at the University of Georgia. DeLTA uses a multilevel approach, collaborating with faculty ...

Using Force Field Analysis to Advance STEM Education Reform
Lucas Hill, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Mark Graham, Yale University; Judy Milton, University of Georgia
Organizational theorists and change practitioners have advanced many useful tools relevant to the evaluation of complex, often multi-institutional, higher education STEM reform initiatives. Evaluators often engage ...

A systematic review of change theory in STEM higher educational change efforts
Tessa C Andrews, University of Georgia; Daniel Reinholz, San Diego State University
STEM educational change projects are increasingly drawing on change theory to consider how and why change occurs. Change theory is a framework of ideas, supported by evidence, that explains some aspect of how or ...

The Enlightenment Series: Catalyzing Change via Courageous Conversations to Address Racism and Anti-Blackness and Promote Inclusive Excellence at the University of South Florida
Ruthmae Sears, University of South Florida
This presentation will describe a university-wide initiative (Enlightenment Series) to systemically address racism and anti-Blackness to promote inclusive excellence across three geographically dispersed campuses. ...

Creating culturally responsive STEM learning environments through community building at an HSI
Jiwoo An, Texas State University-San Marcos; Mavreen Rose Tuvilla, Texas State University-San Marcos
As a Hispanic Serving University (HSI), Texas State University is working towards not only to graduate students but also to provide culturally enhancing educational experiences to minoritized learners. Our STEM ...

Innovation Spaces are Just the Tip of the (systems) Iceberg: Transforming Hidden Networks into Sustainable Practice
Bill Heinrich, Orbis; Nick Swayne, James Madison University
Presenters will map the systems change processes necessary to realize the benefits of creating new physical innovation spaces--agnostic/neutral spaces, made accessible to all, and inclusive of instruction about the ...

Balancing theories of change during institution wide transformation in higher education
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This paper discusses the case of implementing a system for student evaluation of courses (SEC) within a faculty (school) of engineering within a Scandinavian traditional university. The process for implementation ...

Creating and Supporting Systemic Change: Scaffolding Undergraduate Research as a Vehicle for Equitable Transformation
Jillian Kinzie, Indiana University-Bloomington; Elizabeth Ambos, Consultant; Mitchell Malachowski, University of San Diego; Jeffrey Osborn, The College of New Jersey; Lindsay Currie, Council on Undergraduate Research
The involvement of undergraduate students in research is a proven and powerful pedagogy due to the many benefits gained in their cognitive, intellectual, professional, and personal growth realms. Integrating ...

The Importance of Measuring Collaboration in Higher Education Reform Initiatives
Lucas Hill, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Judy Milton, University of Georgia; Timothy Immelman, University of Georgia
Increasingly, higher education STEM reform change initiatives seek to advance systems change, often through the proliferation of multi-institutional and multi-sector collaborative reform strategies. These ...

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 ...