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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 – ...

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 ...

Session I
Skip to Main ContentSkip to Navigation Login Working together to promote sustainable change in higher education Session I Monday 9:30am - 10:30am Symposium ...