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SusanElrod,ProjectKaleidoscopeatAAC&U

(andCalPoly)

April30,2012CalPoly,SanLuisObispo

EngagetoExcel:

Se.ngtheContext

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EngagetoExcel:OneMillionAddi2onalCollege

GraduateswithDegreesinSTEM(PCASTReport) Widespreadadoponofempiricallyvalidatedteachingpracces.

Replacestandardlaboratorycourseswithdiscovery-basedresearchcourses.

Naonalexperimentinpostsecondarymathemacseducaon.

DiversitypathwaystoSTEMcareers.

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EngagetoExcel:OneMillionAddi2onalCollege

GraduateswithDegreesinSTEM(PCASTReport) From300,000annuallyto400,000(~33%increase)

IncreaseddemandforSTEM-capableworkforce(e.g.,healthcare,manufacturing)

Focusoncreangmoreengaging,intenonal&supporvelearningenvironments

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h"p://www.heri.ucla.edu/nih/HERI_ResearchBrief_OL_2010_STEM.pdf

Higher'Educa-on'Research'Ins-tute'(HERI)''STEM'Study

TheSTEMPip

eline

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h"p://www.heri.ucla.edu/nih/HERI_ResearchBrief_OL_2010_STEM.pdf

Higher'Educa-on'Research'Ins-tute'(HERI)''STEM'Study

TheSTEMPip

eline

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A"New"Biology"for"the"21st"Century:"

Interdisciplinarity"

h1p://wwwnapedu/catalogphp?record_id=2764

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VisionandChangeinBiologyEducaon

Recommendaonsforchange

Learningoutcomes

Research-basedteaching/learning

Authencassessment MCAT,AP

h_p://visionandchange.org

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ThelargestgaininlearningproducvityinSTEMwillcomefromconvincingthelarge

majorityofSTEMfacultythatcurrentlyteaches

bylecturingtouseanyformofacveor

collaboraveinstrucon.--JamesFairweather(009)ReporttotheNa2onalAcademies

BoardonScienceEduca2on

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HoellwarthandMoelter,AmericanJournalofPhysics(2011)

30%

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38%

54%

48%

63%65%

68%

73%

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20.0%

30.0%

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Lana/oRespondents OtherRespondents

PercentageGraduaDng"On

Time"(ie,in2006-07)

None 1HIP 2HIPs 3ormoreHIPs

[V=.109(.094)]

[V=.255(.007)]

Source:DoesPar2cipa2oninMul2pleHighImpactPrac2cesAffectStudentSuccessatCalStateNorthridge?byBenaHuber

(unpublishedpaper,2010).

ImpactofParticipationinHigh-ImpactPracticesonPercentageof

SeniorNSSERespondentsGraduatingonTime,byRacialand

EthnicBackground

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Whatisstoppingus?Whatcanwedo?

Ac2onstoinducechange Createvision Communicatevision&progress

Createcommunityfortransformaon

Generatebelief Removebarriers Rewardchange Checkliststomeasureprogress

Usediverse,concerteddriverstogenerateappingpoint

BarrierstochangeLackoffacultyknowledgeLackofrewardsMul-facetedapproachrequired

LimitedresourcesGrading&workload InstuonalisolaonChallengeofchangeStudentresistance

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OnLeadership,Managementand

Change

Strongleadershipcanhelpcreatethevision,

setthetoneoftheclimate,emphasizethevaluesthataremostcrical,

andbuildtrustamongpeople.

Strongmanagementensuresthattheappropriateexecuonof

funconsandfollow-throughareenabledthroughassessment.

However,changingthecultureistheenginethatdrivestransformaDon

Source:FREEMANA.HRABOWSKIIII,JACKSUESS,ANDJOHNFRITZ

AssessmentandAnaly2csinIns2tu2onalTransforma2on

EDUCAUSEReviewMagazine,Volume46,Number5,September/October2011

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ProcessforBuildingandInstuonalizingInterdisciplinaryPrograms

Thisoverallprocess

takes5-10years.

h_p://www.aacu.org/pkal/interdisciplinarylearning/index.cfm

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ProjectKaleidoscope(PKAL) NaonalorganizaondedicatedtoadvancingwhatworksinundergraduateSTEM

educaon Crossdisciplinarycommunityofnearly7,000peopleatover1,000colleges,universies,andorganizaons

AssociaonofAmericanColleges&Universies(AAC&U)affiliaonh_p://www.aacu.org/pkal