Poster Presentations
Monday | 5:00pm - 6:30pm | Scandinavian 3/4
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The Benefits of a Cross-functional Team Model to Identify and Address Institutional Barriers and help Underrepresented, Low-income, Academically Talented STEM Community College Students Overcome Roadblocks to Persistence
Michelle Naffziger-Hirsch, Oakton Community College; Mario Borha, Oakton Community College
Community colleges are ideally positioned to identify potential STEM students because they serve a large proportion of underrepresented minority, first-generation and low-income students (Ma & Baum, 2016). Yet, ...
Faculty Mentoring Networks: A flexible and effective model for professional learning
Sam Donovan, BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium; Deborah Rook, BioQUEST; Sarah Prescott, BioQUEST/ University of New Hampshire; Drew LaMar, BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Faculty Mentoring Networks (FMNs) provide opportunities for teachers to engage in professional learning that involves working with innovative curricula, customizing them for use with particular student audiences ...
Leading Change in College Math: Equity, Curriculum Innovation and the Minneapolis Math Pathways
Ben Weng, Minneapolis College
Since their implementation in 2021, the Minneapolis Math Pathways have reduced or eliminated developmental math prerequisites, increased student interest, improved course success, and provided greater access to ...
Institutionalization and System-wide Scaling of an Experiential Learning Program
Lillian Senn, Washington State University- Pullman; Samantha Swindell, Washington State University- Pullman; Erika Offerdahl, Washington State University
In 2016, Washington State University, a research-intensive university in rural eastern Washington, funded the Transformational Change Initiative (TCI) to create a more student-centered cultural climate. The TCI ...
The RIOS Institute: A community supporting racially-just, inclusive, open STEM education
Sam Donovan, BioQUEST; Kaitlin Bonner, Saint John Fisher College; Karen Cangialosi, OE Global; Carrie Diaz Eaton, Bates College
The Institute for a Racially Just, Inclusive, and Open STEM Education (RIOS Institute) is a virtual synthesis center led by a diverse set of individuals at the interface of open education, STEM postsecondary ...
Getting out of your own way: Faculty truly stepping aside for student-led community-engaged projects using PALAR
Dr. Jessica Rush Leeker, University of Colorado at Boulder; Lyndsay Ruane, University of Colorado at Boulder
Academic institutions have always been seen as centers of education and knowledge production, but the information generated by each institution is usually siloed. To increase global competitiveness, especially in ...
Building on the NSF LSAMP Program to Accomplish Institutional Transformation at Auburn University
Overtoun Jenda, Auburn University Main Campus; David Shannon, Auburn University Main Campus; Brittany McCullough, Auburn University Main Campus
This presentation will focus on institutional change and transformation that has been accomplished at Auburn University (AU) as a result of the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program, an ...
Creating Promotable Teaching Ranks at a Research-Intensive Institution: Key Findings and Challenges for Institutional Change
Caroline Quenemoen, Rice University; Margaret Beier, Rice University; Matthew Taylor, Rice University; Megan R. McSpedon, Rice University
While there has been much work on teaching faculty labor conditions, this issue has been less studied in R1 institutions, where increasing tensions and contradictions between the research and teaching missions of ...
Convergence of Faculty and Administrator Perceptions of Institutionalizing Flipped Teaching in STEM Courses
Sharon Locke, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Chaya Gopalan, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Wei-Chen Hung, Northern Illinois University
Multiple lines of evidence point to the value of student-centered teaching methods for closing gaps in persistence in STEM between majority students and minoritized groups. Yet, faculty members will be hesitant to ...
Organization-focused Change Networks as Levers for Systemic Change: Highlights of Research on their Nature, Functioning, and Lifecycles
Ann Austin, Michigan State University; Susan R. Singer, Rollins College; Adam Grimm, Michigan State University
Transforming higher education institutions to fulfill more effectively their missions to learners and the broader society involves fostering change in several complex and interrelated issues. These areas for change ...