“Public Service as Responsible Citizenship”—The Public Service Major at Rutgers University–Newark

When the School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) at Rutgers University–Newark began designing an undergraduate program to complement the school’s masters’ and doctoral programs, the chancellor of the university gave the faculty a particular charge: “to come up with a curriculum that really engaged the whole community,” says Sharon Stroye, assistant dean of SPAA. The new program should help students understand their immediate environment and recognize the contributions they could make, and foster an understanding of wider issues happening not just in Newark but around the state, nation, and world.

Meetings and Institutes

• Fall 2012 Network for Academic Renewal Conferences to Focus on to Focus on Equity and Diversity, STEM Learning
• AAC&U’s 2013 Annual Meeting – Mark Your Calendars

LEAP News

• COPLAC Joins LEAP States Initiative

PKAL News & Meetings

• Report from the January 2012 PKAL SoCal Regional Network Meeting Now Available

Project Highlights

• Ten Institutions Chosen to Form Community College Network Focused on Civic Learning through the Humanities
• New Steering Committee Formed to Advance Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement, Recommendations from A Crucible Moment
• Students at Compass Project Institutions Share Their Experiences with High-Impact Practices

Other AAC&U News

• AAC&U Website Survey
• Campuses and State Systems from 102 Institutions, 38 States, and 3 Countries to Attend AAC&U 2012 Summer Institutes
• AAC&U Announces Three New Senior Fellows
• New Issue of Planning in Higher Education Features Article by AAC&U’s Terrel Rhodes
• Senior Scholar Jerry Gaff Awarded Fulbright to Work on General Education in Hong Kong

College-Age Millennials—A Generation in Transition

A Better Way to Evaluate Colleges—And Improve Education?
Richard Kahlenberg, Chronicle of Higher Education, April 8, 2012

Find out about AAC&U staff visits and presentations to member campuses and educational forums

Public Policy and Foundation Funding Should Support the Intersection of College Completion and Quality
The January 2012 edition of Liberal Education, devoted to the “completion agenda,” should be required reading for those concerned with improving student success in US higher education. As a public university president, scholar of writing across the curriculum, and member of Team Illinois of Complete College America, I urge policy makers and funders to focus on the points of intersection of completion and quality ...More…

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AAC&U News is written and edited by Wilson Peden. If you have questions or comments about the newsletter's contents, please e-mail peden@aacu.org.