Creating a Spacious Capacity to Support Institutional Change
Kris Wobbe, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kimberly LeChasseur, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Capacity within higher education institutions is held in its people. Institutional change is a complex and messy business that cannot happen unless people change attitudes and behaviors (Armenakis, Harris, & ...

Using Idea Flow Theory to Understand Levers for Change in 2- to 4-year STEM Transfer Between Wisconsin Public Institutions
Janet Branchaw, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Amanda Butz, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Kevin Mirus, Madison Area Technical College
The University of Wisconsin - Madison's HHMI Inclusive Excellence project aims to increase the number and diversity of students graduating with STEM bachelor's degrees in the state of Wisconsin by ...

UCLA SEA Change Initiative: A collaborative approach using data for institutional change
Rachel Kennison, University of California-Los Angeles
The AAAS's Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) Equity Achievement (SEA) Change initiative uses research-informed strategies including a self-assessment process to build capacity ...

Science Attitudes and Career Goals at an Urban Community College
Kristyn VanderWaal Mills, Saint Paul College-A Community and Technical Col
Student attitudes toward science and their identity as scientists may play a role in their success in pursuing science education and choice of careers. These elements are particularly relevant for students from ...

A Survey Tool to Assess Team Collaboration Around Instructional Change
Madison Fitzgerald-Russell, Texas State University-San Marcos; Alice Olmstead, Texas State University-San Marcos; Andrea Beach, Western Michigan University; Charles Henderson, Western Michigan University; Diana Sachmpazidi, University of Maryland-College Park; Cynthia Luxford, Texas State University-San Marcos
Instructional change teams are increasingly common in efforts to improve undergraduate STEM instruction. Such teams include three or more members who may have different perspectives and backgrounds. When they are ...

Equity Audits as a Change Management Tool
Kimberly LeChasseur, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kris Wobbe, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Diversity trainings have been critiqued as inadequate for shifting educational practice, despite their ubiquitous presence (Bezrukova, Spell, Perry, & Jehn, 2016). Equity audits can be a powerful alternative. ...

The Role of Community Colleges in Improving Bachelor's Degree Completion
Valerie Sundby, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges; Travis Kibota, Clark College; Melissa Haswell, Delta College; Kevin Asman, Mott Community College
Community colleges are playing an increasing role in, and thus have a growing focus on, bachelor's degree attainment. Nationally, community colleges serve more than a third of all undergraduate students. ...

Characterizing the culture of chemistry to catalyze change
Courtney Ngai, Colorado State University
Historically, STEM fields have been criticized for exclusive practices and culture. People who are excluded due to ethnicity or race (PEERs - Asai, 2020) experience inequitable conditions as students and ...

Initiating and Scaling Institutional Change: The Transformational Change Initiative
Erika Offerdahl, Washington State University- Pullman; Laura Hill, Washington State University- Pullman; Samantha Swindell, Washington State University- Pullman; Bill Davis, Washington State University- Pullman
The Transformational Change Initiative (TCI) was initiated in 2016 as a five-year project funded through an internal strategic reallocation of university resources to promote student connectedness and stimulate ...

Transforming undergraduate education by building racial equity-centered STEM courses
Veronica McGowan, University of Washington-Bothell Campus; Rachel E Scherr, University of Washington-Tacoma Campus; Carrie Tzou, University of Washington-Tacoma Campus
Increasingly, the natural sciences are recognizing the need to address social theories in the study of natural systems. However, postsecondary science education has been shaped by Eurocentric ideologies that depict ...