STEM Equity Achievement (SEA) Change, a project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), challenges, supports, and recognizes institutions of higher education and their departments/schools for their efforts in taking decisive actions to remove systemic, structural barriers for those who have been marginalized on the basis of gender (including identity and expression), race, ethnicity, disability status, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, age, familial history of higher education, as well as the intersections between these identities, with a clear aim: to enable the full diversity of talented individuals to pursue, persist and succeed in science, technology, engineering, medicine and mathematics (STEMM) higher education (at all levels) and in their careers. In the SEA Change process, inclusion, and its valuable impacts, are measured by the experiences of students and faculty, as well as by data.

The SEA Change Principles can be found here: https://seachange.aaas.org/about/principles.

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The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) created the SEA Change program geared towards supporting postsecondary institutions in creating systemic, structural change so that all can thrive and succeed.

Recognizing the power of disciplines, AAAS SEA Change has partnered with STEMM professional societies to support systemic change within academic departments. The SEA Change process, whether at the institutional level or the department level, empowers participants to use data to identify and address unnecessary barriers that impede success for their faculty, staff, and students. Using an approach that expects participants to consider their unique context, their institution and department's mission and goals, and engage with continuous improvement, P/A SEA Change catalyzes systemic change so that everyone with interest and motivation can succeed.

P/A SEA Change is supported by AAAS and led by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) with 10 additional physics and astronomy professional societies as partner societies who shape the program:

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