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Elizabeth Holcombe
Indiana University-Bloomington
ELIZABETH HOLCOMBE is a Provost’s Fellow and doctoral research assistant with the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California. Her current research interests include undergraduate teaching and learning; assessment; faculty issues; student success in STEM; and leadership in higher education. Before beginning her doctoral work, Holcombe held a variety of roles in student affairs. These included working with a college access partnership, managing an academic advising and mentoring program, and leading a co- and extra-curricular assessment initiative. Prior to her career in higher education, Holcombe was an elementary school teacher with Teach for America in Atlanta. She holds a BA in Political Science and Spanish from Vanderbilt University and an MA in Politics and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Implementing Integrated Comprehensive Student Programs in STEM: Challenges and Facilitators from the CSU STEM Collaboratives part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Blog Posts
This blog post analyzes challenges and facilitators in implementing integrated student support programs in STEM across California State University campuses, emphasizing collaboration, institutional alignment, and strategic messaging as critical factors for systemic change in higher education.
Integrating across Academic and Student Affairs to Support Underrepresented Students in STEM: Lessons from the CSU STEM Collaboratives part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Blog Posts
This blog post examines how the CSU STEM Collaboratives initiative improved support for underrepresented STEM students by integrating academic and student affairs across eight California State University campuses, emphasizing coordinated curricular reforms, co-curricular mentoring, and cross-departmental collaboration to enhance retention and foster institutional change.