January 2009 Meeting

The briefing book, distributed to all participants, included these documents.

1. The Meeting
Vision, meeting goals, guiding questions
Agenda for January 2009 meeting

2. The Participants
Participant list
Information about the Critical Advisors

3. Encouraged Readings
Documents produced for this meeting:
Why Theories of Change Matter
The Sustainability Movement in Higher Education
Synthesis of Scholarship on Change in Higher Education

Documents on the meaning and role of theories of change:
Theory of Change - Basics
Theory of Change - Origins
Mapping Change: Using a Theory of Change to Guide Planning and Evaluation

4. Supplemental readings
A. On the design of the meeting overall
B. STEM education improvement (in institutions of higher education)
C. Sustainability education in higher education
D. Larger trends and factors affecting change in higher education
E. Linking the need for change in higher education to global issues

5. Documents from meeting
A. Theories of Change (PPT slides from Monday eve)