Semester

Spring

Date of Graduation

2025

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Type

PhD

College

College of Applied Human Sciences

Department

Not Listed

Committee Chair

Erin McHenry-Sorber

Committee Co-Chair

John Campbell

Committee Member

Susan Hayes

Committee Member

Matthew Campbell

Abstract

The research regarding faculty agency during curricular reform is a burgeoning field within higher education as the faculty perspective within the current research concerning curriculum reform is limited. This study seeks to illuminate the faculty perspective of the curricular reform process of gateway STEM courses and how faculty experienced the reform process through a qualitative case study. The site of the case study is a public four-year institution on the eastern coast of the United States that has undergone and continues to undergo significant academic restructuring. The research utilized a structured survey and semi-structured interviews with seven total participants from Biology, Physics, and Mathematics departments. This provided a range of perspectives of how faculty members from different STEM departments experienced curricular reform. Utilizing the Academic Plan alongside the Political Frame, this research demonstrated the pressures and circumstances that impact faculty utilizing their agency within the curricular reform process

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