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We thank the participating instructors for their time and willingness to discuss their experiences. We thank Clyde F. Herreid, Nancy Schiller, Carolyn Wright, and the NCCSTS for acting as a liaison between the authors and conference participants, for opening an NCCSTS conference to our study, and for continued support for research questions about how college biology instructors can best be supported to improve student outcomes. Thank you also to the Biology Education Research Group at the University of Georgia, who improved the quality of this work with critical feedback, high standards, and endless support. Thank you to Rebecca M. Price for her critical review of the manuscript. Thank you to the monitoring editor and anonymous reviewers whose insightful feedback greatly improved our manuscript. Resources for this research were provided by the University of Georgia and the NCCSTS.

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