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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.