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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Leveraging a research network to empower institutional change in undergraduate STEM education
Dax Ovid, University of Georgia; Meredith Henry, Georgia State University; Sandhya Krishnan, University of Colorado at Boulder
This symposium shares the journey of an NSF-funded Research Coordination Network in uniting a group of instructors, education researchers, psychologists, and students to empower institutional change. FLAMEnet – ...

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 ...

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 ...

How a nationwide departmental change database could support equitable STEM education
Sam McKagan, American Association of Physics Teachers
We discuss a potential new tool that would bring together several existing projects to support physics departments in departmental change efforts and support departmental change researchers in identifying and ...

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 ...