Collaborative Dynamics in Collective STEM Reform Initiatives Thursday, October 24, 2019 11:00 am PT | 12:00 pm MT | 1:00 pm CT | 2:00 pm ET Presenter: Lucas Hill, University of Wisconsin-Madison Abstract: Reform efforts in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education increasingly rely on collaboration from diverse stakeholders to achieve collective change goals. The basic premise is that initiatives can achieve more collectively than through individual siloed reform … [Read more...]

By: George Rehrey - Since 2015, Indiana University Bloomington faculty from more than 28 different programs have participated in the Learning Analytics Fellows Program. Facilitated by the Center for Learning Analytics and Student Success (CLASS), the program empowers faculty to use student-information-systems data to conduct scholarly research about student success at the course, program and institutional levels. According to an article recently published in a special issue of the Journal of … [Read more...]

This week the Bay View Alliance has expanded its membership to ten universities by welcoming the University of South Florida. Lorne Whitehead, program director of the Bay View Alliance, said USF is an excellent addition to the BVA because of its dedicated efforts to improve student achievement. It has been especially effective in helping a diverse student body succeed even as it has maintained stable tuition rates. Its STEER initiative, funded by the NSF, has focused on creating a culture of … [Read more...]