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 ...

Continuous Improvement and Change Leadership at the Urban University
Matt Renn, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities; Mitzy Gonzalez, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities; Andrea Rodriguez, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
Higher education institutions throughout the nation employ various continuous improvement processes to operationalize change at all organization levels. Through our ongoing work with three public, urban research ...

An Instructional-Teams Project for supporting instructional reform
Susan Hester, The University of Arizona; Karie Lattimore, The University of Arizona; Lisa Rezende, The University of Arizona; Lisa Elfring, The University of Arizona
The Instructional-Teams Project (I-TP) at the University of Arizona is an NSF-funded effort (DUE-1626531) that supports high-quality active-learning instruction in large-enrollment STEM courses through building ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Role of Course-Based Communities of Transformation in Moving Toward Active Learning: What We Learned about Supporting Change During the Pivot to Online Learning
Jill Nelson, George Mason University; Jessica Rosenberg, George Mason University; Robert Sachs, George Mason University
Student engagement in active learning has been shown to improve retention and understanding, but effecting sustained change in STEM instruction has proven challenging, particularly in large courses. In this ...

Intentional Diversification of a Multi-institutional Community of Practice Network
Tracie Reding, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Kelly Gomez Johnson, University of Nebraska at Omaha
This presentation will highlight the process the COMunities for Mathematics Inquiry in Teaching Network (COMMIT) developed to ensure diversification in their second round of on-boarding regional COMMITs. This ...