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 ...

Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Undergraduate Data Science
Daniel Lobo, University of California-Berkeley; Erin Manalo-Pedro, University of California-Berkeley; Michael Ruiz, University of California-Berkeley; Renee Starowicz, University of California-Berkeley
Daniel Lobo, "The effects of peer-to-peer learning on perceived self-efficacy in undergraduate data science." Student-led collaboration, rather than instructor-led instruction, has become a central ...

Driving Pedagogical Innovation from the Ground Up through Strategic On-Campus Partnerships
Jeffrey Olimpo, University of Texas at El Paso; Elena C. Bitner, University of Texas at El Paso; Jessica Duran, University of Texas at El Paso; Janet Hill, University of Texas at El Paso; Adrian Meza, University of Texas at El Paso; Alejandro Miramontes, University of Texas at El Paso; Mitsumasa Overstreet, University of Texas at El Paso
Empirical studies of instructional innovations at the undergraduate level have repeatedly emphasized the strong connection existent between faculty success and student engagement, learning, and achievement (e.g., ...

Building a Collaborative Culture of Teaching and Learning: Creating centralized educator support within a decentralized institution
Makena Neal, Michigan State University; Eleanor Louson, Michigan State University
When a large, decentralized university with no history of a dedicated service unit to support teaching and learning professional development declares such a unit will now exist, there is specific and critical work ...

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. ...

Session IV
Skip to Main ContentSkip to Navigation Login Working together to promote sustainable change in higher education Session IV Tuesday 2:30pm - 3:30pm Symposium ...

Ready or not? Convening department heads to reform teaching evaluation
Paula Lemons, University of Georgia; Hannah Ericson, University of Georgia; Tessa Andrews, University of Georgia
Most STEM departments have inadequate teaching evaluation practices. As a result, they are largely unable to recognize and reward evidence-based teaching. Yet widespread adoption of evidence-based teaching likely ...

Aligning Institutional Programs to Improve STEM Education to the National Landscape: Insights from the Coalition for the Reform of Undergraduate STEM Education (CRUSE)
Howard Gobstein, APLU; Emily Miller, Association of American Universities; Kerry Brenner, The National Academies
Effective and equitable policies and practices are critical for cultivating an institutional culture in which efforts to improve undergraduate STEM education can thrive. In this symposium, participants will explore ...

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 – ...

Cross-Pollination Between Independent Projects to Broaden Culture Change and Sustain Curricular Reform
Catherine Ishikawa, California State University-Sacramento; Kelly McDonald, California State University-Sacramento; JoAna Brooks, California State University-Chico; Milica Markowic, California State University-Sacramento; David Alexander, California State University-Chico; Praveen Meduri, California State University-Sacramento; Mohammed Eltayeb, California State University-Sacramento; Michele Mittman, California State University-Chico
Engaging students in authentic work, like novel research and design, is a high-impact classroom practice that has been gaining popularity. While early projects sought to show that CUREs (Course-based Undergraduate ...