Student Experience Research Network Blog

Facilitating continuous improvement in classrooms and institutions (Part 2 of 4)

April 14, 2022

Facilitating continuous improvement in classrooms and institutions (Part 2 of 4)

Chloe Stroman

By gathering data on students’ experiences, providing safe and supportive spaces to process the data, and making meaningful shifts in response to student feedback, institutions and systems can enact and expand inclusive and effective instructional practices.

June 27, 2022

New briefs connect equity-centered research with current policy topics

Chloe Stroman

Scholars in the SERN Midcareer Fellows Program are bridging insights from research with timely and important topics in the education sector.

September 8, 2022

An important update on Student Experience Research Network’s future

Lisa Quay

Student Experience Research Network will engage in a strategic sunset and conclude our operations by May 2023. During the next nine months, we will take steps to document and share key lessons from our experience over the past seven years and help seed research-focused capacity in the field to continue movement toward an education system that consistently and equitably centers student experience.

March 11, 2021

Call for Applications: SERN Midcareer Fellows Program

Chloe Stroman

Student Experience Research Network is seeking applications for a new, virtual fellows program for midcareer faculty who identify as a member of one or more minoritized groups in the academy. The fellows program is focused on elevating the leadership of scholars bridging equity-centered research on student experience with current topics in federal and state policy.

March 2, 2021

Introducing Student Experience Research Network

Lisa Quay

Executive Director Lisa Quay describes our strategic planning process and how it led us to refine our work, our conceptual focus, and our organizational identity.

March 1, 2021

Spotlighting examples of research-based change in education

Chloe Stroman

In a new video, researchers DeLeon Gray and Elan Hope speak with Kia Franklin and Sasha Rabkin, who used research to catalyze change and promote equity and inclusion through the organization Equal Opportunity Schools.

March 1, 2021

Structures for Belonging: A Synthesis of Research on Belonging-Supportive Learning Environments

Chloe Stroman

Our new research synthesis brings together insights from diverse academic disciplines that are relevant to building and sustaining belonging-supportive learning environments. The synthesis will inform the work of a learning collective of nine education organizations.

February 17, 2021

Integrating Research on Inclusive Mathematics Environments into Philanthropy, Practice, and Policy

Chloe Stroman

Using examples from our work with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Just Equations, this post describes how connections across research, practice, and policy can extend the impact of research.