Transforming Institutions:
Accelerating Systemic Change in Higher Education
Edited by Kate White, Andrea Beach, Noah Finkelstein, Charles Henderson, Scott Simkins, Linda Slakey, Marilyne Stains, Gabriela Weaver, and Lorne Whitehead.
About the Accelerating Systemic Change Network (ASCN)
The Accelerating Systemic Change Network (ASCN) is a network of individuals and institutions, formed with the goal of more quickly advancing STEM education programs. Our unique approach is to bring together those who are researching systemic change at higher education institutions, with those who are making systemic change happen at their individual institutions. By closing the loop between researchers and change agents, we aim to accelerate change at program and institution levels, and to improve STEM education nationally. ASCN hosted the 2019 Transforming Institutions conference. Find out more at www.ascnhighered.org.
About Transforming Institutions
The Transforming Institutions conferences and book series began with the first convening in 2011 at Purdue University, organized by the Discovery Learning Research Center (DLRC). The meeting sought then, as it still does, to bring together researchers, academic leaders, national organizations and funding agency representatives to discuss the practical aspects of changing institutional practices to align with the large body of evidence in the field. The second conference took place in 2014 in Indianapolis, still under the primary sponsorship of the DLRC at Purdue University. In the following year, the first volume of Transforming Institutions was published. Because the conversation about transformation of institutional practices in STEM education was quickly becoming a national one, and due to the contemporaneous establishment of the ASCN, the TI conference and its associated book series now exist under the umbrella of that organization.
About this book
This volume of Transforming Institutions follows from and builds on its predecessor of five years ago (Weaver et al., 2015) with a mix of case studies, models, and analyses. The authors and editors provide key perspectives for advancing change initiatives in higher education and STEM education. The Transforming Institutions conferences and book series began with the first convening in 2011 at Purdue University, organized by the Discovery Learning Research Center (DLRC), and continues with the 2019 and 2021 Transforming Institutions Conferences. The meeting sought then, as it still does, to bring together researchers, academic leaders, national organizations and funding agency representatives to discuss the practical aspects of changing institutional practices to align with the large body of evidence in the field. The editors and authors of this volume consider this work to be a beginning and hope it will be a call to action for every reader.
About the print version
Print versions of the book are available to order at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08T4MLPRS. You can also download a PDF version of this book from the “Download this book” drop-down menu on the book’s home page.
Suggested citation
White, K., Beach, A., Finkelstein, N., Henderson, C., Simkins, S., Slakey, L., Stains, M., Weaver, G., & Whitehead, L. (Eds.). (2020). Transforming Institutions: Accelerating Systemic Change in Higher Education. Pressbooks. http://openbooks.library.umass.edu/ascnti2020/
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