Share Paper: Fostering System-wide STEM Collaboration in a Virtual Environment

  1. Leslie Huling, Texas State University, United States
  2. Virginia Resta, Texas State University, United States
Tuesday, March 30 11:45 AM-12:15 PM Keynote Room

Abstract: The STEM Student Success Collaborative is a system-wide cross-institutional collaboration among 7 university campuses to share information about promising practices that promote STEM student success and to explore opportunities for future collaborative endeavors involving system institutions. The initiative has been implemented using virtual learning and collaboration platforms that have been advantageous in maximizing the efficient use of members’ time, conserving travel funds, and continuing the work in spite of the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. This initiative included limited face-to-face visits, online organizational meetings, and a series of virtual symposia resulting in the identification of student success priority areas ...