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PULSE Fellows have published their first paper, “The PULSE Vision & Change Rubrics, Version 1.0: A Valid and Equitable Tool to Measure Transformation of Life Sciences Departments at All Institution Types”

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The PULSE Vision & Change Rubrics, version 1.0, assess life sciences departments’ progress toward implementation of the principles of the Vision and Change report. This paper reports on the development of the rubrics, their validation, and their reliability in measuring departmental change aligned with the Vision and Change recommendations. The rubrics assess 66 different criteria across five areas:…

Bringing Theory to Practice Workshops – Winter Quarter

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Winter Quarter is Just Around the Corner – Start Planning Your Courses Now   Mon. Dec 5th, 12-2pm: Syllabus Design Workshop: Tips & Strategies for Planning Your Course for Winter Quarter Location: Hershey Hall 164   Tues. Dec 6th, 1-3pm: Introduction to iClicker Polling Software for Improving Student Engagement: Get set-up with the iClicker software…

CEILS Mid-Quarter Course Evaluation Resource Now Available in CCLE

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If you are looking for ways to get feedback from your students on their learning and your teaching effectiveness, providing a feedback survey at the mid-quarter is one recommendation. To help facilitate this, CEILS has developed a “questionnaire template” with approximately 20 questions. You can use the resource “as-is” or customize for your course. Simply…

We are currently soliciting interested UCLA and Santa Monica College STEM faculty to participate in Transforming College Teaching: Statewide Implementation of the Faculty Learning Program to Improve Stem Undergraduate Teaching and Learning.

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The University of California Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science and the Center for Teaching and Learning received an NSF IUSE grant to improve student achievement in STEM undergraduate courses through statewide transformation of college level teaching. STEM faculty from 2- and 4-year institutions participate in the Faculty Learning Program together to learn and improve their…

Not Your Parents’ College Experience – What Today’s Students Need from Higher Ed

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The charts and figures in this interactive article show the increasing diversity of today’s students in higher education. Higher education is a critical engine of social mobility and economic development for our country. For students, earning a postsecondary degree or credential is the surest pathway to economic opportunity and the chance to lead a healthy, productive life….

CEILS Welcomes Rachel Kennison as Associate Director for Professional Development and Student Engagement

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Rachel received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College, MS in Clinical Social Work from Columbia University and her PhD in Biology from UCLA in 2008. Her graduate research focused on studying the structure and function of southern California estuaries, and the patterns of nutrient availability and macroalgal blooms. Her overriding goal was to further her…