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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Supporting Higher Education Leaders Advancing Systemic Change: Lessons from the Change Leadership Toolkit (CLT)
Elizabeth Holcombe, University of Southern California; Ángel Gonzalez, University of Southern California
While groups such as ASCN are increasingly working to draw attention to the need for systemic change in higher education, there are still surprisingly few practical resources to help leaders with executing such ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bridging research and practice: How the EP3 Initiative supports faculty uptake of departmental change strategies
Robert Dalka, University of Maryland-College Park; Joel Corbo, University of Colorado at Boulder; Chandra Turpen, University of Maryland-College Park; David Craig, Oregon State University; Kathryn Svinarich, Kettering University
There is abundant evidence of practices that support strong undergraduate programs, such as shared leadership and using data to guide programmatic changes. Yet in many physics and other STEM departments, motivating ...