A STEM Reform Solar System: Academic Departments and Institutional Elements
Emily Miller, Association of American Universities; Mary Sorcinelli, University of Massachusetts Amherst
This interactive session examines the complex institutional environment in which innovations to undergraduate STEM education take place. Our goals are to engage participants in identifying the key findings from the ...

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 ...

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. ...

Transforming Institutions through the Evaluation of Teaching
Andrea Follmer Greenhoot, University of Kansas Main Campus; Ann Austin, Michigan State University; Doug Ward, University of Kansas Main Campus; Sarah Andrews, University of Colorado at Boulder; Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado at Boulder
Universities and colleges across the country are recommitting to more inclusive, equitable, and effective learning experiences and cultures that more fully value teaching. Transforming teaching evaluation is a ...

Opportunities and challenges of change efforts involving faculty-student instructional teams
Alice Olmstead, Texas State University-San Marcos; Alicia Montecinos, Texas State University-San Marcos; Charles Ramey II, Texas State University-San Marcos; Hannah Castro, Texas State University-San Marcos; Lexie Kerr, Texas State University-San Marcos; Madison Fitzgerald-Russell, Texas State University-San Marcos
We have been implementing a 5-year initiative called the "STEM Communities Project" (NSF #1928696) at Texas State University, a large, diverse Hispanic-Serving Institution in central Texas. Through this ...

Sustained department-wide changes achieved by Departmental Action Teams
Joel Corbo, University of Colorado at Boulder; Sarah Wise, University of Colorado at Boulder; Courtney Ngai, Colorado State University
The Departmental Action Team (DATs) project developed a new model supporting departmental change and ran seventeen DATs across the time period of 2014-2021. DATs were based in a wide variety of academic ...

Presentations: Session B
Skip to Main ContentSkip to Navigation Login Working together to promote sustainable change in higher education Presentations: Session B Monday 1:15pm - 2:15pm ...

Higher Education Instructional-Workforce Framework
Mark Lee, Spelman College; Emily Miller, Association of American Universities
In this symposium, we will introduce a Higher Education Instructional-Workforce Framework, authored by members of the National Academies Roundtable on Systemic Change in Undergraduate STEM Education. With ...

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 ...

Presentations: Session A
Presentations: Session A Monday 1:15pm - 2:15pm Scandinavian 2 Presentation Factors Associated with STEM Students' Sense of Belonging Gili Marbach-Ad, University of ...