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Engaging with Evidence

Seminar

Evidence as Power: Practical Strategies for Reframing the Higher Ed Narrative

Thursday, January 22, 2026
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time
Location: Archives - Level M4

    Primary Presenter(s)

  • Linda Adler-Kassner

    Associate Vice Chancellor and Professor
    University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
    Santa Barbara, California, United States

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    • Co-Presenter(s)

  • Marco Molinaro

    Executive Director for Educational Effectiveness and Analytics
    University of Maryland, United States

  • Elizabeth Wardle

    Professor and Director
    Miami University
    Oxford, Ohio, United States

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  • Mike Wilton

    Associate Professor
    University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), United States

Seminar participation is limited to 25 people.

In this seminar session, facilitators will engage participants in learning to apply systematic strategies for framing campus-based evidence to persuade audiences of the value of higher education and evidence-based practices. Drawing on strategies from rhetorical and framing theory, facilitators will engage participants in the idea that evidence is power: when empowered agents use shared strategies for framing at the local level, they form the necessary infrastructure for national reframing. Participants will develop this power by applying a reframing heuristic to scenarios developed by facilitators. They will leave with the heuristic tool, a case-aligned draft reframing plan, and strategies for using evidence-based assessment to shift campus narratives.