PULSE: Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education

Why Change? What’s the Urgency? STEM Pipeline --- Leaking Badly

 Loss of students post-freshman Biology 80% underrepresented 60% for all others  US needs 1 million new STEM degrees for the next decade to maintain global leadership (PCAST, 2012)  $100s Billions (approaching $1 Trillion) has been spent on educational reform with little full-scale change Why Change? What’s the Urgency?

Vision and Change Report (V&C) Design Programs Based on Learning Outcomes Innovative, Student-Centered Pedagogy Integration of Authentic Research Experiences Assessment of Student Success Professional Development at All Institutional Levels Resources and Tools Focus on Faculty and Departments

Implementation of V&C  Core Concepts  Competencies  Inquiry-Based Learning  Institutional Support Support for faculty development Faculty recognition Student engagement Infrastructure support  National Biology Community Engagement

How to get the Nation’s Biology Community to Engage in V&C?  PULSE –40 Leadership Fellows; all with leadership experience in driving educational change –Growing community of 600+ stakeholders –Driving Vision and Change at the Department level  PULSE is an Inclusive National Effort –Anyone can join (Students, faculty, administrators)  PULSE is backed by Give it a PULSE!

How will PULSE work?  Representation of Leadership Fellows  Liberal arts colleges  Comprehensive universities  Research universities  Community colleges  Role of Leadership Fellows  Produce roadmaps for Departmental change  Engage community for feedback  Refine strategies for change

How can you get involved? Join the PULSE Community ( Participate and Communicate

PULSE Leadership Fellows Working Groups Raising the PULSE – Public awareness campaign Taking the PULSE – Assessment rubric and recognition/accreditation framework Faculty Networks – Developing resources for faculty development PULSE Ambassadors – Training PULSE members to work as departmental facilitators

Who will be involved? NSF, NIH, and HHMI Professional Societies Department Chairs and Faculty And You!