1. Katherine Denniston Deputy Director Division of Undergraduate Education National Science Foundation AAAS – Vision and Change Launch February 19, 2011 Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education

2. Strategy developed by BIO-EHR Working Group (BIO/Ed): 1.Conversations – listen for shared vision and the changes needed to achieve it 2.Conference – crystallize initiative and partnerships 3.Report – articulate the vision, synthesize previous efforts; recommend changes needed & roles; address sustainability 4.Implementation – make investments; implement commitments; improve communication; leverage feedback loops Approved by a joint meeting of the EHR Advisory Committee and the BIO Advisory Committee in November 2006

3. 2006 2007 2009 Regional Conversations (2007-2008) NSF-supported – AAAS Facilitation: 211 participants from… community colleges, PUIs, MSIs, major R1 universities, museums, science centers, education organizations, other federal agencies, National Academies, field stations, professional societies… 2008 San Francisco Denver Chicago Boston Atlanta Washington Image created with Google Maps

4. Botanical Society of America (BSA) Ecological Society of America (ESA) Genetics Society of America (GSA) Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) National Academies National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) American Institute for Biological Sciences (AIBS) American Physiological Society (APS) American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) American Society for Microbiology (ASM) American Society for Plant Biologists (ASPB) Biophysical Society 2006 2007 2009 Professional societies & organizations represented at conversations 2008 AIBS Biology Education Summit (May 2008) HHMI Summit on Undergraduate Biology: The Role of Disciplinary Societies (Nov 2008)

5. 2006 2007 We listened to other voices during 2007-2009: NSF Advisory Committees Biological Sciences Education & Human Resources Environmental Research & Education NRC reports National Science Board reports NSF merit review panel meetings Professional society meetings 2009

6. 231 student participants from 13 institutions. Convened by participants from the regional conversations. 2006 2007 2009 Mini-conversations (2009) with undergraduate majors and non-majors to gauge importance of issues to students, discuss potential approaches: 2008 Image created with Google Maps MAJOR Biology – 43% Other STEM – 31% Humanities – 15% Arts – 3% Undecided – 9%

7. 2006 2007 2008 2009 Vision & Change Conference July 15-17, 2009

8. Vision and Change In Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action February 19, 2011 AAAS Meeting Washington, D.C. 2006 2008 2011 2010 Vision and Change In Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action Executive Summary

9. Vision and Change: Next Steps Community Building Computational Skill Building Faculty Development Student Engagement New Pedagogies & Materials Next Steps: NSF Support Research Coordination Networks - UG Biology Education (RCN-UBE) UG Research in Biology & Mathematics (UBM) Transforming UG Education in STEM (TUES) STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Implementing the Vision and Change Report on Undergraduate Biology Education Convention Center 102B 1:00-2:30 -- Today

10. 2006 2009 Next Steps Vision and Change In Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action 2012 2011 Vision and Change II: Celebrating Transformations