Pathways to Institutional Change part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context:Institutional Change
Capstone Institution Profiles » For long-term sustainability, emerging initiatives need to eventually work themselves into the fabric of the institution. Sometimes this happens quickly and with little angst. Other ...

Fostering Interdisciplinary or Integrative Learning part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context:Institutional Profiles:Bryn Mawr College
× A 1996 grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) supported a faculty workshop on modeling, which ultimately led to the creation of two new interdisciplinary tenure-track positions in ...

Pathways to Institutional Change part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context:Institutional Profiles:Smith College
Despite some faculty interest in this model, many were skeptical about its likely success and sustainability. We realized that we needed some pilot data to inform and propel these discussions and proposed ...

Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context
Higher education plays a critical role in the future economic and professional success of individual students as well as the intellectual and economic health of our nation. This website synthesizes the experiences ...

Program Elements Fostering Interdisciplinary or Integrative Learning part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context:Institutional Profiles:Grinnell College
Overview of Interdisciplinary Programs and the Expanding Knowledge Initiative Biological Chemistry major overview and details Pathways into the major allow for students interested in biology, chemistry, or the ...

Learning Pathways part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context:Integrative Learning
× Student learning often occurs in a silo, where students do not need to bring knowledge and skills from one course into a different course. Integrative learning requires students to make connections between ...

Fostering Interdisciplinary or Integrative Learning part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context:Institutional Profiles:Hope College
In the last few years, Hope has added a laboratory component to the introduction to engineering course, generally taken by first-year students, that includes an engineering design problem presented by a community ...

Developing Inquiry Skills part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context:Institutional Profiles:Bryn Mawr College
× Bryn Mawr's science programs enable students to develop inquiry skills by participating in mentored independent research projects, as paid interns during the summer and for academic credit during the ...

Lead, Collaborate, and Engage part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context:Institutional Change
× To create a new STEM project on a campus, planning will involve multiple steps, carefully-identified leadership and team members, a detailed and strategic implementation plan, and a process of continual ...

Increasing Persistence of All Students in STEM part of Supporting STEM Success in a Liberal Arts Context:Institutional Profiles:Smith College
The sciences at Smith have engaged in systematic efforts to improve access for all of our students, through our investment in our Achieving Excellence in Mathematics, Engineering, and Sciences (AEMES) programs, ...