Faculty Equity Research Community
All faculty are invited to apply by November 15, 2024 (*deadline extended from Nov. 1*) to take part in a Faculty Equity Reseach Community cohort from Spring 2025 through Fall 2026.
The Faculty Equity Research Community (FERC) is an initiative that supports faculty's equitable teaching journey through data-informed research projects.
The FERC is intended to enhance equity-mindedness among faculty participants to ultimately decrease noted equity gaps in participants courses through
participants disaggregating course data
implementing a research project that measures the impact of deliberate teaching interventions
Process and Timeline
Semester 1 (Spring)
Faculty participants engage in regular meetings to deepen understanding of
disaggregating student data
making data-driven teaching decisions and
equitable teaching practices.
Tentative meeting and learning topics include
January
Tableau access and training (asynchronous)
Data disaggregated by race and gender
Analysis and interpretation of data
Drawing conclusions of what “gaps” to address and how (brainstorming)
February
Culturally Responsive Teaching practices
High-Impact Teaching Practices
March
Establishing interventions to address gaps and receiving feedback from the cohort
End of Semester 1, participants submit a mid-project report detailing their research project
Semester 2 (Fall)
Faculty participants will implement the intervention determined in Semester 1 and collect data regarding impact. Faculty will analyze the data collected and write a report of their findings. Guidance and support will be provided during this process.
End of Semester 2, participants submit a final report detailing analysis of collected data.
Faculty participants will share their experience of this process with others and present their findings at TeachECC, a TLSD Meeting, or another appropriate forum.
Participant Support and Compensation
Faculty participants receive a $1,200 stipend for participating. A $600 stipend is paid to participants after submitting the mid-project report after Semester 1. A second $600 stipend is paid to participants after submitting the final report following Semester 2.
Participants receive additional support in learning opportunities on topics like data disaggregation using the Tableau data visualization.
Note:
To apply and participate in Semester 1, participants must have an ECC course assigned to them during that semester.
Any participants who are not teaching a course during their Semester 2 involvement will be asked to postpone their involvement in Semester 2 of FERC until a later semester in which they are teaching. This is to ensure that faculty have courses from which to draw their data and inform their teaching decisions.
Examples of Faculty Experience in the Faculty Equity Project (Previous Iteration of the FERC)
Teaching Strategies and Measuring Impacts
Below are reports written by FERC participants. They are organized based on the teaching strategies used and the strategies used to measure impact. To view the reports, make sure to first sign in with your @student.elgin.edu email address.
Teaching Strategies
Building Campus Resources into the Curriculum
Meeting 1 on 1 with Online Aysnc Students
Strategies for Measuring Impact
Knowledge Surveys
Sense of Belonging Surveys
Course Completion
Applying to Participate in the Faculty Equity Research Community
All faculty are invited to participate. Faculty apply in the fall to begin in the FERC in the following spring.
The deadline to apply to participate in a cohort from Spring 2025 through Fall 2026 is November 1, 2024.
To access the FERC Participant Application below, make sure to first be logged in with your @student.elgin.edu account.