Promoting excellence and
diversity in STEM education
UW System Alliance for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Advancement in STEM
We envision a future in which education in the STEM disciplines is accessible and attractive to diverse students resulting in STEM fields enriched by diverse practitioners. The mission of the UW System IDEAs Alliance is to attract and retain more women and minority students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by promoting systematic changes in the ways that science and science education are regarded and carried out within the University of Wisconsin System, the Wisconsin community and beyond.
In particular, the program seeks to:
- increase faculty expertise in inclusive and student-centered pedagogy;
- promote science education that includes analysis of the social context in which science is practiced;
- provide role models of women and minority STEM professionals, scholars, and educators;
- promote campus & classroom climates that attract and retain women and minority students in STEM disciplines; and
- foster collaborative communities for UW System STEM educators and students.

Caregiving Taskforce
The UW System IDEAS Alliance is participating in a systemwide task force to advance research on the gendered impacts of COVID-19 in higher education and develop ways to sustain and support caregivers across the UW System.
Art credit: Rebecca Hayter, amplifier.org

Advancing Young Women in STEM Day
One of the UW System IDEAS Alliance’s goals is to provide role models of women and minority STEM professionals, scholars, and educators. Advancing Young Women in STEM Day is an annual event hosted by the Women and Science program to provide direct access for high school students from across Wisconsin to STEM women faculty and industry leaders
UW System Alliance for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Advancement in STEM
UW Oshkosh Campus
Halsey Science Center, Room 121
(920) 424-7414
ideas@uwosh.edu
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the IDEAS Alliance is accepting visitors by appointment only. Please email ideas@uwosh.edu if you need to schedule an appointment.