Plans include a collaborative effort with deans and department chairs to discuss report findings, convening a working group for implementing recommendations, and developing detailed data dashboards to improve transparency for enrollment, performance, climate, and retention.
Published in the New York Times Many UCLA students, post-docs, and faculty are packing up their cars and heading to Death Valley to experience the ‘Superbloom’ of wildflowers before it is too late. Can you leverage this experience to teach about floral carpets, ecological systems, and climate in your classroom?
Published in Science The controversial Scientific Research in the National Interest Act (HR 3293) was passed by the House of Representatives on February 10th. Some consider this a simple reminder that federal dollars should be spent wisely, while others view it as an unwise and unwarranted intrusion into NSF’s grant funding process.
CBE Life Sciences Education This article provides information on the Network for Integrating Bioinformatics into Life Sciences Education (NIBLSE; pronounced “nibbles”) and their efforts to establish bioinformatics as an essential component of undergraduate life sciences education by creating a network of investigators to articulate a shared vision about how best to integrate bioinformatics into life…
Published in Science Melanie M. Cooper of and colleagues from Michigan State University recently published an article in Science Magazine saying that college students are expected to learn too many facts that do not connect across their coursework or prepare them to apply scientific knowledge in their lives. They believe a different set of strategies…
Published in BioScience Using a three-step intervention derived from self-determination theory, an interdisciplinary team from Montana State University demonstrated a low-cost way to improve gender diversity in STEM-faculty hiring. The results show that the numbers of women candidates considered for and offered tenure-track positions were significantly higher in the intervention groups compared with those in…
Published in The Chronicle of Higher Education Ferpa is inconsistently interpreted across institutions and often misunderstood to be far more restrictive than it actually is. Why is there such anxiety about it? Why does it so often provoke worry and hand-wringing above and beyond what the law justifies? And why don’t students get a say…
Published in The Atlantic In order to address the need for the next generation workforce to develop skills in computer science, the President has asked congress to fund a $4 billion proposal that will be spent over three years to train teachers, connect schools with corporate and nonprofit partners, and expand instructional material. The funding…
Published in UCLA Newsroom The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA online master’s degree program has been named the nation’s best by U.S. News and World Report for the second consecutive year. The Master of Science in Engineering Online program is designed for engineering professionals who seek to advance their skill sets and career…
Published in the December 2015 Issue of Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education This study offers some evidence of the benefits of using open clicker questions (not revealing the multiple response options at first), specifically highlighting a positive impact on middle performing students. Abstract: Active learning can improve student learning but can be more difficult…