CONSENT FORM
Stakeholder Perspective on Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Undergraduate STEM Education at HSIs Online Survey Entry Screen
You are being asked to complete this survey to help a team funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) gather information related to critical challenges and opportunities regarding undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education at HSIs, and potential actionable solutions that fall within NSF’s mission, policies, and practices. The party conducting the survey is the West Texas Office of Evaluation and Research (WTER) from West Texas A&M University (WTAMU).
The survey was developed by WTER for the NSF-funded project. Information collected on this survey will be used to identify critical challenges and opportunities regarding undergraduate education at HSIs, and potential actionable solutions that fall within the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) mission, policies, and practices. As part of this purpose, derivatives of the material gathered will be employed in: 1) reports to the National Science Foundation, 2) reports to the project team, and 3) publications and presentations by members of the project team (individuals from Angelo State University, Delmar College, El Centro College, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Texas Woman’s University, and West Texas A&M University).
Participation in this survey is strictly voluntary and informant identities will be confidential. WTER reporting of the survey results will present outcomes in aggregate format without identifiers. It is important for all parties to know the following before participating in this survey.
- There are no more than minimal risks associated with your participation in this survey.
- There are no benefits for participation and no consequences for not participating.
- You may choose to answer or not answer a question or may stop participation in the survey at any time without adverse consequences.
- Your input will be valuable in gathering information relevant to improving education at HSIs and for NSF activity to encourage that purpose.
- No information allowing identification of respondents will be gathered.
- The survey should take about 6 minutes to complete.
This survey is being conducted by the West Texas Office of Evaluation and Research. Questions about the survey or project may be directed to the Executive Director of WTER, Dr. Michael Preuss at 806-651-8775 or mpreuss@wtamu.edu. The survey has been reviewed by the WTAMU Institutional Review Board. For any questions or concerns about your rights related to participation in this survey, you may contact contact WTAMU’s IRB Director at 806-651-2732 or ar-ehs@wtamu.edu.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 17-64268. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.