In 2004, the University System of Maryland was awarded its second National Science Foundation grant to engage in a three-year study to document curriculum transformation, faculty engagement, and sustainable change among higher education institutions involved in Math and Science Partnership (MSP) grant projects. The title of this grant is Change and Sustainability in Higher Education (CASHE). The primary focus of this project is to study ways in which MSPs have engaged science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) higher education faculty in focusing on the quality of STEM undergraduate education, strengthening their teaching practices, and expanding the scope of their work to include a K-16 perspective, including the improvement of K-12 STEM education and the preparation of future teachers. CASHE also focuses on the impact that MSPs have had on campus culture, policies, and priorities, and the extent to which such resulting changes in higher education will likely be sustainable beyond the life of these grants.
Project Contributions
Featured Paper Session: Institutional Change and Sustainability: Lessons Learned from the MSPs
In 2004, the University System of Maryland (USM) received a supplemental grant from NSF to study a broad range of issues related to institutional change, and to examine the effect…
In 2004, the University System of Maryland (USM) received a supplemental grant from NSF to study a broad range of issues related to institutional change, and to examine the effect…
Institutional Change and Sustainability: Lessons Learned from MSPs
This paper addresses the following claim(s): From the outset, one of the overarching goals of the CASH project was to "catch colleges and universities when they were doing something right,"…
This paper addresses the following claim(s): From the outset, one of the overarching goals of the CASH project was to "catch colleges and universities when they were doing something right,"…
Partnerships, Policy, and Educational Change: The Role of Mathematics and Science in K-16 Reform
"Concerns about American competitiveness and innovation have led to increasing scrutiny of science, technical, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. Leaders in the higher education, business,...
"Concerns about American competitiveness and innovation have led to increasing scrutiny of science, technical, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. Leaders in the higher education, business,...
Making Good on Our Word: STEM Faculty and K-16 Partnerships, AACTE Presentation
"In K-16 partnerships, the National Science Foundation Math Science Partnerships provide substantial support to improve of teaching and learning in K-16 and higher education, highlighting evidence-based...
"In K-16 partnerships, the National Science Foundation Math Science Partnerships provide substantial support to improve of teaching and learning in K-16 and higher education, highlighting evidence-based...
Making Good on Our Word: STEM Faculty and K-16 Partnerships
For the last quarter century, the focus on education reform has been directed at the K-12 sector. With the 1998 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act and the 2002 reauthorization...
For the last quarter century, the focus on education reform has been directed at the K-12 sector. With the 1998 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act and the 2002 reauthorization...
Report on Course and Curriculum Changes in Math and Science Partnership (MSP) Programs Change and Sustainability in Higher Education (CASHE)
"The major focus of this study is on ways in which MSPs have engaged STEM higher education faculty in focusing on the quality of STEM undergraduate education, strengthening their teaching...
"The major focus of this study is on ways in which MSPs have engaged STEM higher education faculty in focusing on the quality of STEM undergraduate education, strengthening their teaching...
