Conference

Transforming STEM Higher Education: Back to Broken?

Accelerating Undergraduate STEM Education Reform

November 3 – 5, 2022

Arlington, VA

What's Happening

Keynote Speaker Announcement

Gilda Barabino

Gilda Barabino, president of the Olin College of Engineering, joins us to speak on a national agenda for STEM reform that prioritizes inclusion and excellence as immutable factors for scientific discovery, innovation, and human vitality.

Keynote Speaker Announcement

Christina Maslach

Christina Maslach is an American social psychologist and professor emerita of psychology at UC Berkeley. She will share insights about occupational burnout and how it relates to the lives and livelihood of STEM faculty. A book signing will follow her presentation.

Keynote Speaker Announcement

Todd Zakrajsek

Todd Zakrajsek, Associate Research Professor & Associate Director of Fellowship Programs, Department of Family Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill, will demonstrate how we can evolve the teaching of STEM courses to fully address the academic needs of STEM undergraduates.

Announcement

Vaccine Verification

For everyone's safety and well-being, AAC&U requires all attendees of this event to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Verify your vaccine information in advance!

Register today and join us for this year’s STEM Conference which aims to reflect on the dire need for advancing undergraduate STEM reform in the age of a global pandemic, racial uprisings, and deep sociopolitical divides.

It is critical that we all take this opportunity to explore and confront the systems, structures, traditions, and beliefs that continue to privilege some while disadvantaging others.

By attending this event, you may find yourself asking:

Do I have the audacity to challenge my own core beliefs?
Do I have the courage to break down and rebuild my institution’s structures, traditions, and beliefs?
Am I bold enough to accept the narratives that tell us we must “transform,” not just reform, undergraduate STEM education?

Dates to Remember

November 3, 2022
First Day of Conference
November 5, 2022
Last Day of Conference

Questions?

For questions or additional information about the Conference on Transforming STEM Higher Education, please email [email protected]

Contact

Program Office

Office of Undergraduate STEM Education

Through its Office of Undergraduate STEM Education (OUSE), AAC&U works to empower institutions of higher education to catalyze higher education reform in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

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