Moving Beyond Silos to Support Student Success in Gateway Courses
Kathrine Russell, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; Tia Freelove Kirk, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU); Leslie Schiff, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; LeeAnn Melin, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
This session will engage participants around the ongoing efforts of 8 campuses working collaboratively to improve persistence and address disparities for students who are low-income, first-generation, or ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Project Voces: Establishing Student Voice to Drive STEM Education Transformation
Laird Kramer, Florida International University; Yesim Darici, Florida International University; Rocio Benabentos, Florida International University; Janki Bhimani, Florida International University; Monica Cardella, Florida International University; Adam Castillo, Florida International University; Jaroslava Miksovska, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Leanne Wells, Florida International University
Florida International University's (FIU's) Project Voces aims to amplify student voice and agency as a key institutional change mechanism in our campus' ongoing STEM education transformation. Project ...

Leading Complex Change through Shared Equity Leadership
Laura Frost, Florida Gulf Coast University; Felecia Caton-Garcia, Central New Mexico Community College; Floyd Cheung, Smith College; Rashna Richards, Rhodes College; Becky Sartini, University of Rhode Island; Susan Shadle, Boise State University; Sean Walker, California State University-Fullerton
Leading change can be complex and complicated and often requires more than just excellent problem solving, attention to process, and paying attention to the data, skills that are second nature to leaders with STEM ...

Developing Change Leaders to Advance Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: A CIRTL Change Leadership Development Program
Rachel Kennison, University of California-Los Angeles; Kelly Clark, Johns Hopkins University; L.J. McElravy, University of Nebraska at Lincoln; Rachel Kennison, University of California-Los Angeles
Developing Change Leaders in Advanced Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: A Change Leadership Development Program is an exciting new initiative launched by the Center for the Integration of Research, ...

Factors Associated with STEM Students' Sense of Belonging
Gili Marbach-Ad, University of Maryland-College Park; Sara Gliese, University of Maryland-College Park; Kaci Thompson, University of Maryland-College Park
Students who feel a greater belonging to their university and department are significantly more likely to complete a degree. As such, it is important to examine what factors may contribute to sense of belonging in ...

The ProQual Approach: An innovative, accessible, and community-oriented approach to qualitative educational research training for STEM faculty
John Morelock, University of Georgia
This presentation presents the ProQual Approach to supporting STEM instructional and tenure-track faculty in conducting qualitative educational research. Historically, integrating these two groups into STEM ...

Lessons Learned from an NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Backbone for a National Alliance for an Inclusive and Diverse STEM Faculty
Kacy Redd, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities; Robin Parent, APLU
The NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Aspire Alliance (NSF #1834518, 1834522, 1834510, 1834513, 1834526, 1834521), one of the inaugural INCLUDES alliances funded in 2018, aims to build a more inclusive and diverse ...