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 ...

Balancing theories of change during institution wide transformation in higher education
Torgny Roxå, , , , , , , , ,
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 ...

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 ...

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 ...