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STEM Education Policies and Policymaking Pushing in the same direction

STEM Education Policies and Policymaking Pushing in the same direction. Some Issues Facing Higher Education Today. Global economy: need for higher levels of learning and more college-educated workers Global higher education network and market: status of USA vulnerable

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STEM Education Policies and Policymaking Pushing in the same direction

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  1. STEM Education Policies and Policymaking Pushing in the same direction

  2. Some Issues Facing Higher Education Today • Global economy: need for higher levels of learning and more college-educated workers • Global higher education network and market: status of USA vulnerable • Technological innovation and “disruptions” • Demographic shifts in college-going population • Poor completion rates, especially among underserved groups • More and more Wicked Problems on a global scale

  3. How society is responding to these pressures • Government: Policies to increase completion rates, time to degree and ease of transfer, consumer information and rating systems • Traditional IHE: Increased attention to educational outcomes, student success and assessments, partnerships, new pedagogies, improving remedial/developmental education • New Providers: MOOCs and other online delivery, competency-based degree options, expansion of for-profits in niche markets, online badges to document skills.

  4. Question we want to address today • How can we provide clearer and more easily navigable pathways both to careers in STEM fields and to ensure that all students, regardless of their interests, acquire an understanding of how STEM can inform their role as citizens in the changing social and economic environment of today’s world?

  5. Thinking About Policy • Framing the question: Whose perceptions control what is important? What are their motivations and experiences? • Defining the current context: What assumptions, spoken or unspoken, drive the debate? • Choosing options: What competing values or interests shape what is taken seriously?

  6. Thinking About Policy • Making a decision : Who will make the decision and what influences will shape that person’s choices and responses? • Learning from experience: Who gets to define the goals of a policy or program and what constitutes success? What evidence will be collected and by whom? Who will get to interpret the data/evidence?

  7. Goals of this Symposium • Explore the interests and concerns of different constituencies (key players) that have a stake in the development of an educated citizenry. • Seek ways to understand and align the expectations and interests of policymakers, educators, institutional leadership, employers and consumers of education (students and their families). • Develop a clear set of goals and priorities to guide the design and implementation of changes in undergraduate STEM education for all students.

  8. Setting the Stage • The Context: The Growing Role of States in Setting STEM Education Policy • Jay Labov, National Research Council • One Multi-state Response: Mobilizing STEM for a Sustainable Future • Cathy Middlecamp, University Wisconsin-Madison • Working within a state policy environment at a system level • Debra David, CSU Office of the Chancellor • Working at a campus level • Diane Burke, Central New Mexico Community College

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