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< AAAS Vision and Change - A Call to Action > This is THE document that drives many significant undergraduate biology education reform efforts. This Vision and Change (V&C) manifesto is a call to action that provides specific recommendations to focus reforms on student centered learning, research and inquiry-based pedagogy, and learning outcomes that prepare students to be biologically literate in this new century.	< Bio2010: Transforming Undergraduate Education for Future Research Biologists > annotation to be added	< PKAL Documents > From Project Kaleidoscope - a rich collection of documents useful to Vision and Change and the PULSE initiative: assessment, leadership, pedagogies, outreach and collaborations.
< Leadership Toolkit (PKAL) > From Project Kaleidoscope's Volume IV: What works, what matters, what lasts I. INTRODUCTION          - On Leadership in STEM          - Characteristics of the Ideal Department II. CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEPARTMENTAL LEADERS          A. Serving Students and Learning          B. Enhancing Faculty Careers          C. Connecting to Emerging Scientific and Technological Fields          D. Building a Collaborating Natural Science Community III. RESOURCES AND EXERCISES FOR DEPARTMENTAL LEADERS          A. Leadership Initiatives          B. Stories from Campuses	< A Departmental Thermometer: A PKAL tool > This is a check-list from which leaders can determine the “temperature” of their community in regard to serving all students. The check-list is adapted from a survey prepared by mathemati cians Sylvia Bozeman of Spelman College and Ted Vessey of St. Olaf College.	< Politics and Agents of Change (PKAL) > A series of reports and essays on leadership strategies useful in promoting and sustaining education reform in a variety of institutions.

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