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Center for Research on Instructional Change in Postsecondary Education

CRICPE 2016-17 Annual Report

Center for Research on Instructional Change in Postsecondary Education (CRICPE)

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History & Foundations of CRICPE

The Center for Research on Instructional Change in Postsecondary Education (CRICPE) was established in 2014 as a university-level research center that conducts and supports interdisciplinary research, particularly focused on promoting transformative change in higher education. The center was co-founded by Dr. Andrea Beach a Professor in the Education, Leadership, Research and Technology department and Dr. Charles Henderson a Professor in the Department of Physics and the Mallinson Institute for Science Education. They serve as the co-directors of the CRICPE. CRICPE builds on the recognized WMU research strengths in higher education and STEM education, and serves as a focal point for WMU faculty and external collaborators to engage in interdisciplinary collaborative research related to facilitating change in postsecondary education. Interdisciplinary collaborative research is the heartbeat of CRICPE and it expected that all individuals who work for and with the center to embrace collaboration.

CRICPE is comprised of a vigorous administrative and research staff to support its current grant portfolio. Monica Liggins-Abrams, Associate Director, oversees the day-to-day operations of CRICPE (administrative and financial). Currently the Center employs:

• Six post-doctoral research associates • Two administrative staff members • One research staff member • One visiting scholar • Five graduate research assistants

CRICPE also collaborates with five faculty members (four internal and one external to WMU) on funded projects.



CRICPE Research & Staff Directory

Co-Directors

Andrea Beach

Professor of Higher Education Charles Henderson

Professor of Physics & Science Education

Associate Directors & Administrative Support

Brian Horvitz

Associate Professor of Educational Technology

Monica Liggins-Abrams Administrative Director

Nicole Milliman Administrative Assistant

Faculty Affiliates

Sue Ellen Christian Professor of Journalism

Whitney DeCamp Associate Professor of

Sociology

Regina Garza-Mitchell Associate Professor of

Higher Education

Megan Grunert Kowalske

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Martha Warfield Vice President of

Diversity & Inclusion



CRICPE Research & Staff Directory (Continued)

External Faculty Affiliates

Emily Walter

Assistant Professor of Biology (Fresno State)

Pradeep Waychal Visiting Professor

Research Associates

Inese Berzina-Pitcher

Post-Doctoral Dan Collier Post-Doctoral

Claire Gonyo Post-Doctoral

Raina Khatari Doctoral Student

Alexis Knaub Post-Doctoral

Alice Olmstead Post-Doctoral

Ceceilia Parnther

Post-Doctoral Jacci Rivard Data Analyst

Zanovia Tucker Doctoral Student

Gary Versalle Doctoral Student Angela Willson-Conrad

Doctoral Student



CRICPE Grant Portfolio Funded Projects

Grant Title Funding Source Total Award

Assessing the Impact of the University of Michigan REBUILD Project

NSF Subcontract from University of Michigan

$103,699

Collaborative Research: Increasing the Impact of TUES Projects through Effective Propagation Strategies: A How-To Guide for PIs

NSF $506,206

Fulfilling the Promise: Institutional Transformation to Support Student Success

US Department of Education $3,217,512

Assessing the Impact of Iowa State HHMI Project 2.0 HHMI Subcontract from Iowa State University

$117,684

Computer Science Teaching Faculty Workshops NSF Subcontract from UC San Diego

$128,609

Facilitating Improvement in Undergraduate Stem Instruction: Providing a Research-Based Foundation for the Emerging Class of Change Initiatives Involving Instructional Development Teams

NSF – IUSE $467,684

Online Technical Education in ATE Programs NSF – ATE $228,765

Accelerating Systemic Change: A Research Coordination Network to Transform STEM Education

Helmsley Foundation Subcontract from UT Austin

$290,397

Accelerating Systemic Change Network Inaugural Meeting NSF-IUSE $45,517 Evaluation Subcontract: Departmental Action Teams NSF-IUSE $147,675

Departmental Action Teams: Sustaining Improvement in Undergraduate STEM Education Through Faculty Engagement

NSF Subcontract from UC Boulder

$35,006

TOTAL $5,288,754



CRICPE Grant Portfolio Pending Projects Grant Title Funding Source Total Award Collaborative Research: How Do Students Respond to Active Learning? A Systematic Review of the Literature NSF-IUSE $28,935

Collaborative Research: The DSA-Online - Increasing the Impact of Educational Innovation Development Projects with an Online Course to Build Faculty Expertise on Propagation

NSF-IUSE $56,559

Development and Validation of Observational and Self-Report Instruments to Describe Teaching Practices in Online Undergraduate STEM Courses

NSF-IUSE $299,862

Accelerating Systemic Change Network: Promoting knowledge development to support institutional change in higher education NSF-IUSE $905,141

Collaborative Research: Evaluating the Uptake of Research-Based Instructional Strategies in Undergraduate Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics

NSF-IUSE $622,992

Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education Innovation and Reform

Institute of Social and Policy Sciences (I-SAP) Pakistan

$1,208,926

Establishing Strong Biomedical Professional Identity by Foster Interdisciplinary in BME Students Through a Shared Vision of Instructional Change (iBME)

NSF-IUSE/PFE: RED $126,850

TOTAL $3,249,265 Planned Projects Funding Source Total Award Host of International Center for Academic Integrity $350,000 Collaborative Research: Impacts of Regional and Specialty Accreditation on STEM Instructional Practices: Multidisciplinary, Multi-Institutional Comparative Study $750,000

TOTAL $1,100,000



Broncos FIRST Students Fall 2016



2016-17 Selected Accomplishments

Accelerating Systemic Change Network

• CRICPE is leading the development of ASCN, which seeks to become a highly visible national-level organization for change agents and researchers working in higher education STEM.

• ASCN has received $800K from the Helmsley Charitable Trust ($290K to WMU) and a $50K NSF conference grant (to WMU). A $905K NSF grant (to WMU) is pending.

• ASCN has built strong connections with other funders and national-level partners. o HHMI - Hosted the inaugural ASCN meeting (N~70) at their headquarters in

Bethesda, MD in July 2016. o APLU – Hosted a Steering Committee meeting in January 2017. o APLU, SMTI, NSCE – will host joint meeting with two APLU managed

networks, SMTI and NSCE groups in June 2017 • Web: http://ascnhighered.org, Social Media: ascnhighered Broncos FIRST (First in the World) • Nationally Recognized:

o A video created by Broncos FIRST and University Relations was featured in a White House showcase celebrating innovation in higher education in September 2016.

o Participated in The White House and the U.S. Department of Education event “Higher Education Innovation that Reduces Costs and Strengthens Quality” in November 2016

• Sue Ellen Christian, our 2016-17 faculty fellow, has spearheaded several student success e-mail messages that contain simple actionable items that faculty members can implement to support students.

• Broncos FIRST hosted the Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 Student Success Summits on campus. Each event engaged over 100 faculty and staff members from across campus and brought in nationally recognized keynote speakers.

• Developed a directory of all student support programs and services. http://wmich.edu/directories/studentservices

http://ascnhighered.org/

http://wmich.edu/directories/studentservices



2016-17 Selected Accomplishments (continued)

Increase the Impact • The goal of this NSF Central Resource Project is to help PIs

design educational innovations for sustained adoption. • Web: http://increasetheimpact.com • Published a highly visible book in 2015. • Presented a workshop at NSF headquarters for NSF Program

Directors on May 25, 2016.

Instructional Practices, Climate, and Social Networks (WIDER) • Developed a survey tool to collect data about the climate for teaching improvement

within academic departments (SCII) and a survey tool to collect self-reported teaching practices from instructors at institutions of higher education (PIPS).

• Funding for this project had ended, but universities are continuing to use the instruments and we are continuing to collect the data.

Facilitating Improvement in Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) • The goal of this project is to developing understanding of effective change

approaches for curricular and pedagogical change in STEM • Developing a national study (survey and interviews) of instructional change

initiatives that use teams. Online Technical Education in ATE Programs

• PI’s co-edited a special issue of Community College Journal of

Research and Practice to highlight research findings of grant on online technical education. Each PI authored articles in the issue as well.

• PI’s will host a national, invitational workshop in Summer 2017.

http://increasetheimpact.com/



2016-17 Selected National Recognition of CRICPE Co-Directors

• Charles Henderson o Elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society o Member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Developing

Indicators for Undergraduate STEM Education o Member of the STEM DBER Alliance planning committee. This initiative is

supported by AAAS and APLU. Web: https://www.aaas.org/news/experts-seek-boost-knowledge-and-allies-teaching-stem

• Andrea Beach o Chair of National Outreach for the External Partnerships and Outreach

Committee, POD Network o Program Chairs, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Special

Interest Group (SIG) on Faculty Teaching, Evaluation, and Development. o As the lead co-author published Faculty Development in the Age of Evidence:

Current practices, future imperatives (2016). This work was a 10-year follow-up to Creating the Future of Faculty Development: Learning from the Past, Understanding the Present (2006).

For the Good of WMU • Hosted Fall 2016 & Spring 2017 Student Success

Summits featuring Nationally Recognized Keynote Speakers

• Compiled WMU Student Support Program and Services Directory for campus wide use. Web: http://wmich.edu/directories/studentservices

• Supports and facilitates effective interdisciplinary collaborations across disciplines and employee groups

https://www.aaas.org/news/experts-seek-boost-knowledge-and-allies-teaching-stem

http://wmich.edu/directories/studentservices



2016-17 Selected Publications – Journal Articles/Books/Book Chapters 1. Barthelemy, R. S., McCormick, M., & Henderson, C. (2016). Gender

discrimination in physics and astronomy: Graduate student experiences of sexism and gender microaggressions. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 12(2), 020119. http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.020119

2. Beach, A.L., Sorcinelli, M.D., Austin, A.E, & Rivard, J. (2016) Faculty Development in the Age of Evidence: Current Practices, Future Imperatives. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.

3. Dancy, M., Henderson, C., & Turpen, C. (2016). How faculty learn about and implement research-based instructional strategies: The case of Peer Instruction. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 12(1), 010110. http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.010110

4. Foote, K., Knaub, A., Henderson, C., Dancy, M., & Beichner, R. J. (2016). Enabling and challenging factors in institutional reform: The case of SCALE-UP. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 12(1), 010103. http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.010103

5. Garza Mitchell, R.L. & Horvitz, B.S. (2017). Guest editors’ introduction. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 41 (6), 334-335.

6. Garza Mitchell, R.L. & Horvitz, B.S. (Eds.). (2017). Online Technical Education in the Community College [Special issue]. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 41, 6.

7. Hornak, A. M., & Garza Mitchell, R. L. (2016). Changing times, complex decisions: Presidential values and decision making. Community College Review. DOI: doi:10.1177/0091552116629548

8. Horvitz, B.S. (2017). Future Directions for Research on Online Technical Education. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 41 (6), 381-385.

9. Knaub, A. V., Foote, K. T., Henderson, C., Dancy, M., & Beichner, R. J. (2016). Get a room: the role of classroom space in sustained implementation of studio style instruction. International Journal of STEM Education, 3(1), 8. http://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-016-0042-3

10. Khatri, R., Henderson, C., Cole, R., Froyd, J. E., Friedrichsen, D., & Stanford, C. (2016). Designing for sustained adoption: A model of developing educational innovations for successful propagation. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 12(1), 010112. http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.010112

http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.020119



http://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-016-0042-3




11. Turpen, C., Dancy, M., & Henderson, C. (2016). Perceived affordances and constraints regarding instructors’ use of Peer Instruction: Implications for promoting instructional change. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 12(1), 010116. http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.12.010116

12. Walter, E. M., Henderson, C. R., Beach, A. L., & Williams, C. T. (2016). Introducing the Postsecondary Instructional Practices Survey (PIPS): A Concise, Interdisciplinary, and Easy-to-Score Survey. CBE - Life Sciences Education, 15(4), ar53. http://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.15-09-0193

2016-17 Selected Presentations 1. Collier, D.A., Shubhanshu, Houston, D.A., M., Hensley, B., Hartlep, N.D., &

Mitchell, S.A. Who is most likely to oppose federal tuition-free college policy? Investigating how race, gender, and source interact to influence opposing America’s College Promise. Paper accepted for presentation at the American Educational Research Association National Conference, San Antonio, TX, April 2017.

2. Eddy, P. L., Amey, M. J., & Garza Mitchell, R. L. Defining and developing mid-level leadership at community colleges. Symposium presented at the Council for the Study of Community Colleges annual meeting. Fort Worth, TX, April 2017.

3. Garza Mitchell, R. L., & D’Amico, M. M. Leading workforce education in the community college: Mission, accountability, and an agenda for future research. Roundtable accepted for presentation at the Association for the Study of Higher Education. Columbus, OH, November 2016.

4. Garza Mitchell, R. L., & Horvitz, B. Online technical education: Bridging hands-on and online learning. Research paper presentation at the Council for the Study of Community Colleges annual meeting. Fort Worth, TX, April 2017.

5. Gonyo, C., Rivard, J.K., Collier, D.A., Beach, A.L., & Henderson, C. Organizational perceptions of student success: An approach for gauging investment in campus change. Poster presented at the Great Lakes Regional Student Success Conference, Detroit, MI, February 2017.

6. Henderson, C. Integrated Elements of an Action Plan Leading to Institutional Change. Invited Keynote Presentation, HHMI workshop on Implementing Course-Based Research Experiences at Scale: Building the Value Proposition, Chevy Chase, MD, November 2016.


http://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.15-09-0193



7. Henderson, C. So, You Need a Change Model/Strategy. Invited Webinar Presentation, Workshop on Developing a Competitive NSF RED Proposal, October 2016.

8. Henderson, C. Physics Education Research in Higher Education. Invited Keynote Presentation, 2016 International Symposium on Physics Higher Education, Peking University, Beijing, China, September 2016.

9. Henderson, C. Incorporating Inquiry and Active Learning in Introductory Biology. Invited Workshop Facilitator, HHMI Faculty Workshop, Kalamazoo, MI August 2016.

10. Henderson, C. Institutional Challenges to Introducing Active Learning. Invited Talk, Active Learning Approaches in Mathematics Instruction: Practice & Assessment Symposium, Columbus, OH, August 2016.

11. Horvitz, B.S. & Garza-Mitchell, R.L. The Transition to Online Learning in Technical Education. National Science Foundation Advanced Technical Education Conference: Washington, DC, October 2016.

12. Knaub, A.V., Koester, B., Henderson, C., & McKay, T. Understanding and Supporting Faculty Use of Large Educational Data. Contributed Poster, PERC July 2016.

13. Knaub, A.V., Quardokus-Fisher, K., & Henderson, C. The Evolution of Departmental Teaching Discussion Social Network. Contributed Talk, AAPT Summer Meeting 2016, Sacramento, CA, July 2016.

14. Parnther, C., Liggins-Abrams, M., Gonyo, C. P. Transforming Collaboration through Meaning Making: The Broncos FIRST project. Presentation at the American College Personnel Association National Conference, Columbus, OH, March 2017.

15. Rawls, G., Ballard, S., Tucker, Z., Gill, A. Exploring academic coping strategies in first-year, first-generation and low-income college students: Implications for intervention and advocacy. American College Counseling Association, Tampa, Florida, February 2017.



CRICPE continues to expand and build national recognition for Western Michigan University. CRICPE is becoming a national leader in experimental research on student success and institutional transformation. This work has resulted in significant improvements at WMU and other institutions.

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