Crossing Boundaries: Transforming STEM Education
A Network for Academic Renewal Conference
November 12-14, 2015
Seattle, Washington
Register by September 24, 2015, for best conference rates
Crossing Boundaries: Transforming
STEM Education
will explore the latest research on integrative, cross-disciplinary STEM teaching and learning; inclusive excellence and broadening participation in STEM; STEM faculty support and reward systems; and institutional transformation to advance hands-on learning
and increase the achievement of key learning outcomes for all students.
Designed to assist colleges and universities as they work to make inclusive excellence the foundation for institutional purpose and educational practice, the conference will also
focus on the inextricably linked goals of both increasing STEM baccalaureate degree earners and ensuring that all college graduates achieve scientific learning outcomes essential for responsible citizenship in a complex world.
Featured Presentations Include:
Understanding Complexity: Diversity Matters
Scott E. Page
Leonid Hurwicz Collegiate Professor of Complex Systems Political Science and Economics, University of Michigan
Meta-analysis Perspectives on Interdisciplinary and Applied Learning
Erika T. Camacho
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Arizona State University
The LEAP Challenge Forum Luncheon: Preparing Students to Create Solutions for Our Future
Examining the Intersections of Equity, Diversity, Community Engagement, and STEM Education
Nancy Cantor
Chancellor, Rutgers University–Newark
In addition to a full roster of concurrent sessions and plenary presentations, AAC&U also offers practical
Pre-Conference Workshops—three
hours of active learning with some of higher education’s leading innovators in developing strategies, practices, and policies that lead to student success.
Learn more about this
conference and
register online.
For more information, please call 202.387.3760, or write to Karen Kalla at
net...@aacu.org.
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