title: Changing academic culture to improve undergraduate STEM education.
abstract: Improving undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education requires faculty with the skills, resources, and time to create active learning environments that foster student engagement. Current faculty hiring, promotion, and tenure practices at many universities do not measure, reward, nor encourage faculty pursuit of these skills. A cultural change is needed to foster improvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1682, USA. Electronic address: erica.suchman@colostate.edu.
authors.forename: Erica L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Suchman
mesh_terms: D004738:Engineering / Q000193:education*; D005178:Faculty; D008433:Mathematics / Q000193:education*; D012586:Science / Q000193:education*; D013672:Technology / Q000193:education*; D014495:Universities
keywords: STEM education; promotion and tenure review; teaching effectiveness; teaching evaluation