Worksheet – opening activity: Begin ASAP What’s
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Description: Worksheet opening activity Begin ASAP Whats your aspirational goal for STEM reform at your institution and at scale Its educational outcomes name 5 andor Most important reformed practices facilities cultural change name 5
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Worksheet – opening activity: Begin ASAP What’s your aspirational goal for STEM reform at your institution and at scale? Its educational outcomes (name 5) and/or Most important reformed practices, facilities, cultural change? (name 5+) What’s standing in the way of that vision? The most immovable barriers? Other barriers that could be lowered if enough people got together and pushed? ASCN 2023 - ehrmannsteve@gmail.com 1 Improving Institutional Outcomes: Quality, Equitable Access, and Affordability: A Co-Requisite for Transforming STEM Education Stephen C. Ehrmann, Ph.D., Independent scholar and consultant ASCN Transforming Institutions conference, June 12, 2023 My 52nd wedding anniversary Outline First 20 minutes: quick explanation of one case history, develop concepts useful for an institution interested in 3fold gains You’ll apply some of those concepts to identify your institution’s current assets for pursuing 3fold gains. (30 minutes) Open discussion – questions, suggestions Plus a post-workshop activity ASCN 2023 - ehrmannsteve@gmail.com 3 My research over the last seven years ASCN 2023 - ehrmannsteve@gmail.com Is it possible for a university to improve its quality of learning, equitable access, and affordability – simultaneously? (to make “3fold gains”) How can an institution today make 3fold gains? What strengths need it have. How have some institutions developed these capabilities over the years? 4 Six Case Histories ASCN 2023 - ehrmannsteve@gmail.com 5 Georgia State Case History In 2003, 20,000 students on this Atlanta campus (24,000 now). Only 32% of White students, and only 26% of African American students, entering GSU in 1997 graduated from GSU within six years. Only 50% of African American students made it to sophomore year. Pell-eligible students also succeeded at far lower rates than non-Pell. ASCN 2023 - ehrmannsteve@gmail.com Slide 6 Initiatives’ cumulative impact on graduation rates ASCN 2023 - ehrmannsteve@gmail.com Slide 7 Growth of GSU “constellation” Each initiative was planned to be sustainable at scale. Each initiative continued through at least 2019. Beating Heart of GSU’s Pursuit of 3fold Gains (1) ASCN 2023 - ehrmannsteve@gmail.com Learning-centered changes in educational strategies, such as First Year Learning Community (HIP), ePortfolios (HIP), … (quality) These same practices also: Improve retention, graduation rates, and speed to graduation (equitable access) Thereby improving affordability for students, others… … and earning budget increases for the university: +$3M/yr from each percentage point gain in graduation rates. (affordability) 8 Questions? Objections? Beating Heart of GSU’s Approach (2): ASCN 2023 - ehrmannsteve@gmail.com Educational strategies necessary but not sufficient Also needed: Clean up and
