This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support a two-part "Building Equity, Leadership, and Opportunities for a New Generation (BELONG) Summit" at Oakland University. The $121,073 award will fund a conference for engineering leaders and educators from higher education institutions to share best practices and collaborate on inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) efforts. The summit will focus on helping engineering programs adapt to proposed revisions to ABET accreditation criteria around IDEA. Key conference topics will include aligning engineering education with updated ABET criteria, developing sustainable IDEA approaches, fostering gender equity for faculty, and effective strategies for recruiting and retaining underrepresented students. The in-person conference in 2025 will include pre- and post-event components to facilitate communication, coordination, reflection, and planning among participants. An external evaluator will assess program needs, processes, and outcomes.
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