STEM Equity Learning Communities (2023-2024)

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Timothy McKay, University of Michigan; Ryan Sweeder, Michigan State University; Marco Molinaro, University of Maryland; Kem Saichaie, University of California Los Angeles; Nita Tarchinski, University of Michigan

Version: View help for Version V2

Version Title: View help for Version Title Added pre- and post-survey questions

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Project Citation:

McKay, Timothy, Sweeder, Ryan, Molinaro, Marco, Saichaie, Kem, and Tarchinski, Nita. STEM Equity Learning Communities (2023-2024). Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-09-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/E208258V2

Project Description

Summary: This project established STEM Equity Learning Communities (SELCs) in universities across the U.S. Each SELC had faculty, staff, and undergraduate student members. They participated in a year-long curriculum that included equity-minded discussions of STEM courses, review of course equity data, and the development of presentations to campus audiences with recommendations for change. We administered a pre- and post-survey to SELC participants to understand what they wanted to get, and what they got, out of the experience. The pre-survey collected data about participants’ academic backgrounds; familiarity/experience with and attitudes towards equity-focused work in STEM (including data reports/dashboards); and pre-project expectations/concerns. The post-survey collected data about those same attitudes and the value of the project along multiple dimensions (e.g., overall value of the project, success of the project in relation to expectations, the value of student voices, and local impact of the project). We also surveyed audience members of their campus presentations to understand what they got out of the presentations.

Funding Sources: National Science Foundation (2215398); National Science Foundation (2215689)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: survey; learning community

Geographic Coverage: United States of America

Time Period(s): 4/2023 – 6/2024

Universe: Adult faculty, staff, and undergraduate students participating in a learning community program at one of nine large, public, research-intensive participating universities.

Data Type(s): survey data

Methodology

Response Rate: 68% response rate for pre-survey. 72% response rate for post-survey. 25 responses for audience survey out of an unknown total audience count.

Sampling: All SELC participants were invited to participate in the pre- and post-surveys. SELC participants sent the survey to their campus presentation audiences after their presentation.

Data Source: Pre- and post-survey questions are available on this webpage: https://www.seismicproject.org/about/seismic-central/the_selc_grant/

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V2 [2025-09-17]

V1 [2025-03-03]

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