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An Invitation to Explore Alternative Design Features in Undergraduate Research Experiences
Read MoreUndergraduate research has long been a springboard for future scientists, but not all students can access these transformative opportunities. What if we reimag…
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An Invitation to Explore Alternative Design Features in Undergraduate Research Experiences
Learn MoreUndergraduate research has long been a springboard for future scientists, but not all students can access these transformative opportunities. What if we reimag…
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Problems Associated with Interpreters Not Being Able to Fluently and Accurately Interpret STEM Content
Learn MoreAdditional Authors: Cristophorus Budidharma, Graduate Student, Lamar University; Ashley Greene, Assistant Professor, Gallaudet University; Sean Hauschildt, Ass…
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Characterizing Student Perspectives on Departmental Culture: The Student DELTA Survey
Learn MoreTraditional Student Experience MetricsNational reports have revealed that although undergraduate education has undergone significant reform, students are not g…
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Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining STEM Pedagogies
Learn MoreAdditional Authors: John L. Pecore, Ph.D. (Professor, University of West Florida); Melissa K. Demetrikopoulos, Ph.D. (Director, Institute for Biomedical Philos…
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Change Strategies and Tools to Support STEM Faculty’s Enactment of Equitable, Student-Centered Instruction
Learn More(Caption: BETTER in STEM Cohort 1 Faculty at the Summer 2023 Workshop)IntroductionThere is a shortage of highly qualified STEM professionals in the United Stat…
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Creating Courses that Integrate Science and Culture: Facilitating Learning Across Three Knowledge Domains
Learn More(Caption: Image from the Florentine Codex depicting the importance and knowledge of agriculture in 16th century Aztec culture.)In this blog, a historian of sci…
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Levers for Change 2023: Enacting a National Agenda for Undergraduate STEM Education
Learn MoreView the full report here: Levers for Change: Enacting a National Agenda for Undergraduate STEM EducationFrom July 30 to August 1, 2023, the American Associati…
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Synergies, Not Silos: Why Isolated Initiatives Won’t Disrupt the Status Quo
Learn MoreSTEM departments have struggled, as has much of higher education, to advance student success while achieving racial equity.1 The continually-low numbers of Bla…
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Integrating Technology with Best Practices Paves the Way
Learn MoreWe live in an era of change teeming with technology and environmental enhancements. Students are eager to use virtual, immersive, and interactive digital tools…
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Creating and Maintaining Communities to Support Faculty Implementing Effective Evidence-Based Strategies
Learn MoreWe need to support faculty so that they persist with research-based instructional strategies, learn new techniques, and engage in reflective practice.
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Handing Rose-Colored Glasses to STEM Faculty: Institutional Priorities in Disciplinary Identity Development
Learn MoreAs educators, we are setting the rules. As scientists, we can draw on our skills and training to find and use tools that both broaden participation in the scie…
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How Collaborating Across Boundaries Fosters Community-Engaged Partnerships
Learn MoreThis model provides students with learning experiences that deepen their understanding of how both disciplinary knowledge and interdisciplinary collaboration c…
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Who Am I When the Little Things Add Up?
Learn MoreMy multiple identities impact how I show up in this world. They also guide the experiential framework of my approach to addressing diversity, equity, inclusion…
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How Advocating for Accessibility in the Field Builds a Culture of STEM Inclusion
Learn MoreActive learning in field-focused science disciplines is widely recognized as highly transformative practice in the undergraduate curriculum. Giving students ea…
