Appendix B
Symposium Agenda
Symposium on Imagining the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Board on Science Education
Board on Higher Education and Workforce
Pre-Symposium Activities:
Posting and Discussion of Idea Competition Winners
Posting and Discussion of Commissioned Papers
Thursday, November 12 | |
11:00 ET | Welcome and Vision of the Future The importance of undergraduate STEM education and how changes in science, technology, economics, and society coming in the next 20 to 40 years should drive changes in undergraduate STEM learning. |
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11:30 | Changing Landscapes: 2040 vs 2020 Rethinking how we see the history of higher education and pivoting to how and why undergraduate STEM education will (and should) look very different in 20 years than it does today. |
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Presentation on Commissioned Paper: Transformational Moments in U.S. Higher Education: Implications for Racial Equity | ||
Lindsey Malcom-Piqueux, Senior Institutional Research Analyst, Caltech | ||
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Annette Parker, President, South Central College, committee co-chair | ||
12:30 | STEM Education for What? Goals for the Future What purposes does undergraduate STEM education serve now and how will (should) that change in the future? |
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1:30 | Break |
2:00 | STEM Education for Whom? A look at current research and trend data on equity, inclusion, and outcomes for undergraduate STEM students at various types of institutions. |
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Moderator: Josipa Roksa, Director of Strategic Academic Programs and Professor of Sociology and Education, University of Virginia |
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2:45 | Creating Inclusive Higher Education for STEM Students of the Future Opportunity for participants to share ideas on making undergraduate STEM education resilient, adaptable, and equitable. |
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3:45 | Break |
4:15 | Access and Inclusion: Beginning with the End in Mind How could we redesign the future of STEM learning to increase access, create equity, and leverage community connections? |
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Barbara Schaal, Mary Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, committee co-chair | ||
5:15-5:30 | Day One Wrap Up and Preview of Day Two | |
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Friday, November 13 | ||
11:00 ET | Seeds of Innovation: Lessons from Current Innovations in STEM Education Current and recent work to reform undergraduate STEM education and ideas for improving equity in the future. |
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11:30 | Fast-Changing Technology: Uses and Ethical Issues The role of technology in altering both educational experiences and our larger society, the complexity of issues raised by current and potential changes, and how we as individuals and as a society can make informed decisions about its use. |
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Christine Ortiz, Dean for Graduate Education, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, committee member | ||
12:30 | Challenging Our Strategies and Expectations: What Students Learn, Why, and How Which of our current structures best support these goals and which should be rethought? |
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1:30 | Break |
2:00 | A Call to Action: Creating the Future that We Want The Future STEM Ecosystem of 2040 |
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Susan Singer, Provost, Rollins College | ||
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Kinnis Gosha, Hortenius I. Chenault Endowed Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Director of the Culturally Relevant Computing Lab, Morehouse College, committee member | ||
3:00 | Building on Current Innovations to Create a Vision for the Future Participant activity to imagine visions for the future of undergraduate STEM education. |
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4:00 | Break | |
4:30-5:30 | Where Do We Go from Here? Next Week and Beyond |
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November 16-18: Participant activities to expand on visions for the future of undergraduate STEM education and to revisit earlier discussion topics.
Thursday, November 19 | ||
1:00 ET | Returning to the Present, Creating the Future Working together to drive local and national change. |
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1:15 | Redesigning Campuses, Classrooms, and Learning Experiences Creating more accessible and successful student experiences for 2040. |
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2:00 | New Learning Pathways Participant activity on designing flexible, personal, problem-focused, and lifelong learning experiences. |
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3:00 | Break | |
3:30 | Sharing Symposium Learning and Action Items for Change Catalyzing innovations on our campuses and through our networks and soliciting participant input on NSF-sponsored activities to share insights from the symposium throughout 2021. |
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Ryan Kelsey, Executive Director, Partnership Development, Markle Foundation, committee member | ||
4:15-4:30 | Reflections and Closing Remarks | |
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