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New Research: Data-Driven Collaboratives for Faculty Development
January 9, 2025
Searle Center educational developers Lina Eskew and Eun Sandoval-Lee discuss the efficacy of applying a comprehensive assessment and evaluation model in the development and implementation of faculty development initiatives in new research published in The Journal of Faculty Development.
Eskew and Sandoval-Lee reflect on the 2023–24 University Practicum on Reimagining Reassessment, offering practical advice on how data can shape faculty programming that is relevant, responsive, and tailored to faculty's varied schedules and preferred ways to engage. Learn more about the innovative research.
Teaching Takeaways from Northwestern's "Resilience Challenge"
January 7, 2025
Health psychologist Elizabeth Addington sits down with Associate Director of Inclusive Teaching Veronica Womack to discuss the power of cultivating positive emotions, the importance of self-compassion, and how individual resilience can enable continued work toward systemic change. Read the full interview.
Northwestern's Generative AI Advisory Committee Leads on AI in Education
November 13, 2024
Searle Senior Director, Jennifer Keys, discusses how instructors can optimize course design and delivery with generative AI in the Daily Northwestern. Read the article.
New Study Identifies Strategies to Combat High Attrition Rates in STEM Majors
Fall 2024
In a new peer-reviewed study, Searle Center Assistant Director of STEM Education, Erika Nadile, demonstrates how tapping into intrinsic motivation (i.e., the drive to learn for learning’s sake) and self-efficacy (i.e., confidence in one's abilities) increases persistence and fights attrition to enhance equity and inclusion in STEM education.
"We now have insight into when particular learners might consider leaving just by examining a single active learning course starting from a place of personal interest."
Nadile's study provides much-needed insight into contributing factors to the high attrition rate of undergraduate STEM majors and identifies a positive new direction for equitable and inclusive STEM education at Northwestern and beyond. Learn more about this transformative research.