Abbreviations
A&S: Arts and Sciences
AAAS: American Association for the Advancement of Science
AACU: Association of American Colleges and Universities
AAMC: Association of American Medical Colleges
AAU: Association of American Universities
ABCD: Asset-Based Community Development
AN: Adaptive Network
AOSC: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
APLU: Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities
ASCN: Accelerating Systemic Change Network
ASTR: Astronomy
BFA: Boulder Faculty Assembly
BIOL: Biology
BioTAP: Biology Teaching Assistant Project
CACAO: Specify the (C)hange, Understand (A)dopters, Organize (C)hange (A)gents, and Attend to (O)rganizational structures and cultures.
CBMG: Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
CCE STEM: Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM
CCLI: Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement
CCT: Cross-course Communities of Transformation
CHEM: Chemistry and Biochemistry
CICS: Current Instructional Climate Survey
CIRTL: Center for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning
CMNS: College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
CMSC: Computer Science
CODS: Characteristics of Dissemination Success
COVID: (Co)rona(vi)rus (D)isease
CRUSE: Coalition for Reform of Undergraduate STEM Education
CTE: Center for Teaching Excellence
CTL: Center for Teaching and Learning
CU-B: University of Colorado Boulder
CUR: Council of Undergraduate Research
CURE: Course-based undergraduate reserach experience
CV: Curriculum Vitae
DAT: Departmental Action Team
DBER: Discipline-Based Education Researchers
DBES: Discipline-Based Education Specialists
DEI: Diversity, equity & inclusion
DFW: “D” or “F” grade or withdraw
EBEP: Evidence-based educational practices
EBIP: Evidence-based instructional practices
EHR-DUE: Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergradate Education (National Science Foundation)
ENTM: Entomology
ExCEL: Excellence x Confidence Equals Leadership
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
FAST: Faculty Advocates for STEM Transformation
FIRST: Faculty Institutes for Reforming Science Teaching
FLC: Faculty Learning Community
FSSE: Faculty Survey of Student Engagement
FTE: Full-time employees
GEOL: Geology
GPA: Grade point average
GTA: Graduate teaching assistant
HHMI: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
HN: Hierarchical Network
IE: Inclusive Excellence
ILI: NSF Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement program
INCLUDES: Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science
IUSE: Improving Undergraduate STEM Education
KU: University of Kansas
LA: Learning assistants
LTO: Long Term Outcome
M: Mean
MATH: Mathematics
MOOC: Massive Open Online Courses
NASEM: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
NIC: Networked improvement community
NSEC: Network of STEM Education Centers
NSF: National Science Foundation
NSSE: National Survey of Student Engagement
OAPA: Office of Academic Planning and Assessment
P&T: Promotion & tenure
PCAST: President’s Council of Advisors for Science and Technology
PERSIST: Promoting Education Reform through Systemic Investments in STEM Transformation
PHYS: Physics
PI: Principal Investigator
PIC: Peer Implementation Cluster
PKAL: Project Kaleidoscope
POD: Professional and Organizational Development
QUBES: Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis project
RCN-UBE: Research Coordination Network-Undergraduate Biology Education
REALISE: Realizing Inclusive Science Excellence
RED: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments
REDPAR: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments Participatory Action Research
REFLECT: Redesigning Education for Learning through Evidence and Collaborative Teaching
RISE: Research Innovation Service Experiential Learning Institute
SaLT: Students as Learners and Teachers
SEA-Change: STEMM Equity Achievement Change
SEI: Science Education Initiatives
SEISMIC: Sloan Equity and Inclusion in STEM Introductory Courses
SET: Student evaluation of teaching
SIMPLE: Sustained, incremental change, mentoring, people-driven, learning environment
SL: Student leaders
STEP-U: Survey of Teaching Beliefs and Practices for Undergraduates
TA: Teaching assistant
TEFD: Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development
TEval: Teaching Evaluation
TLC: Teaching and Learning Center
TOC: Theory of Change
TPB: Theory of Planned Behavior
TPD: Teaching professional development
TQF: Teaching Quality Framework Initiative
TRESTLE: Transforming Education, Stimulating Teaching and Learning Excellence
TU: Towson University
TUES: Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM
UBC: University of British Columbia
UMass: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
UTOP: UTeach Observation Protocol
WIDER: Widening implementation and demonstration of evidence-based reforms
