Institute
2022 AAC&U Knowledge Exchange Institute
Accelerating STEM Higher Education Reform and Broadening Participation
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Washington, DC
COVID Update
The 2022 Knowledge Exchange Institute is being planned as an in-person event, to be held at the Lansdowne Resort and Conference Center near Washington, DC. Participant capacity will be reduced by approximately 30% to better accommodate social distancing recommendations and requirements.
Proof of COVID vaccination will be required at the time of registration or prior to arrival.
We will remain vigilant in monitoring the matrix of COVID in ways that will ensure the health and safety of our participants and staff.
AAC&U Knowledge Exchange Institute offers to STEM faculty a unique opportunity to understand and gain evaluation and education research expertise that is culturally sensitive and necessary for more accurately pinpointing the areas where institutional interventions, particularly those related to broadening participation, are likely to flourish.
At the Institute, STEM faculty, and STEM education researchers, higher education theorists, and evaluators who have interest and expertise in broadening participation programs, will not only develop a common understanding and language for determining success in broadening participation interventions, but will also take advantage of opportunities for:
- Critical reflection intended to deconstruct dynamics of power and privilege surrounding evaluation and education research;
- Exposure to scholarly work that demonstrates the kinds of evidence that illuminates of understanding of interventions in STEM higher education
- Access to hands on work with review of extant literature on and development of theories of change that address inequities in specific, local, or global circumstances
- Deep exploration of issues in the development of measures and indicators that are sensitive to capturing changes in underrepresented individuals and communities
Beyond our collective need to submit more competitive proposals, we also see a much broader need for STEM faculty and education/higher education researchers to build a national coalition of reformers who can lead U.S. higher education in significantly impacting both the number of underrepresented students retained in STEM and the quality of their undergraduate experiences.
Registration- By Invitation Only
Initiative
Knowledge Exchange
Creating solutions to support the success of our undergraduate STEM students, particularly those who are academically talented and from low-income households, requires intentional exchange – through dialogue and discourse