Can We Increase Completion Rates While Maintaining Quality?
In January 2012, AAC&U published a special issue of its journal, Liberal Education, featuring a series of articles about implications–intended and unintended–of the Completion Agenda. We have...
View ArticleThe Community College Completion Agenda: Our Andy Warhol Moment
In January 2012, AAC&U published a special issue of its journal, Liberal Education, featuring a series of articles about implications–intended and unintended–of the Completion Agenda. We have...
View ArticlePrioritizing Student Success: Aligning Resources with Goals for Completion...
In January 2012, AAC&U published a special issue of its journal, Liberal Education, featuring a series of articles about implications–intended and unintended–of the Completion Agenda. We have...
View ArticlePublic Policy and Foundation Funding Should Support the Intersection of...
In January 2012, AAC&U published a special issue of its journal, Liberal Education, featuring a series of articles about implications—intended and unintended—of the Completion Agenda. We have...
View ArticleFocus on the Student Experience to Increase Quality and Completion
In January 2012, AAC&U published a special issue of its journal, Liberal Education, featuring a series of articles about implications—intended and unintended—of the Completion Agenda. We have...
View ArticleThe Stakes Are High: What Can Higher Education Learn from Trayvon Martin?
This blog post is part of AAC&U’s blog series on Making Excellence Inclusive. The death of Trayvon Martin has sparked a national conversation on racism, the law, media, and ethics, and it is clear...
View ArticleHigh-Impact Classroom Practice at Cosumnes River College
A conversation with Robert (BJ) Snowden, professor of radio and digital media at Cosumnes River College, in Sacramento, CA, introduced me to how he is incorporating “high-impact practice” (HIPs) into...
View ArticleThe Power of Labels to Determine Who Succeeds and Who Fails
By Tia Brown McNair and Ashley Finley “No one rises to low expectations.” Many educators have probably heard this quote at some point in their professional career. The saying challenges us as educators...
View ArticleDisruptive Innovations and the Quality of College Learning
The attempted ouster of UVA President Teresa A. Sullivan has sparked a firestorm of attention to issues of change in higher education, which has been followed by a rush of commentary on how much higher...
View ArticleThe Dangerous Assault on the Liberal Arts and Sciences—Disciplines Basic to...
By Carol Geary Schneider This posting is a preview of President Carol’s Geary Schneider’s President’s Message that will appear in the forthcoming issue of AAC&U’s flagship journal, Liberal...
View ArticleIs a New ‘Gold Standard’ Needed for the Student Credit Unit?
This blog post was published on September 6, 2012 by the Education Sector publication, The Quick and the Ed. The Quick and the Ed offers in-depth analysis on the latest in education policy and...
View ArticleLooking for Liberal Learning in Unexpected Places
The California Acceleration Project is generating new promise for setting up pre-collegiate learners for success through programs in community colleges. It’s also forging potential for advancing...
View ArticleKilling the Credit Hour? What We All Need to Know…
By: Carol Geary Schneider, President, AAC&U Many of you probably saw the recent news about the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) launching a project to rethink—and...
View ArticleWhat Does It Mean to Be Educated in International Studies in Our Global...
On 1 July I became Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education of one of the world’s largest schools of international affairs: the School of International Service (SIS) at American University in...
View ArticleA Crucible Moment One Year Later: From Clarion Call to Determined Implementation
By: Caryn McTighe Musil, Senior Scholar and Director of Civic Learning and Democracy Issues, AAC&U This week marks one year since the national report A Crucible Moment: College Learning and...
View ArticleHow Might We Imagine the Liberal Arts Learning Environment in 2020?
By: Jeanne L. Narum, Principal, Learning Spaces Collaboratory; Director Emeritus, PKAL; and Senior Scholar, AAC&U To what ends? In a 2005 paper delivered to the Board of Science Education at the...
View ArticleGive Students a Compass: Liberal Learning, Educational Innovations, and the...
By: Ken O’Donnell, Senior Director, Student Engagement and Academic Initiatives & Partnerships, California State University Office of the Chancellor, Long Beach, CA AAC&U Annual Meeting Session...
View ArticleThe Quest for Quality—The Future is Now
By: Dwight L. Smith, Vice President of Academic Affairs, County College of Morris, New Jersey The Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP) is providing a framework for faculty across institutions within...
View ArticleEnvironments for Twenty-First-Century Learning
By: Jeanne L. Narum, Principal, Learning Spaces Collaboratory; Director Emeritus, PKAL; and Senior Scholar, AAC&U Thinking strategically about environments for learning in 2020 was the focus of the...
View ArticlePaths to Quality: Two-Year/Four-Year Collaboration for Engaging General...
By: Dwight L. Smith, Vice President of Academic Affairs, County College of Morris, New Jersey One session from this year’s Annual Meeting offered an interesting report from an effort to improve...
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