Changing Aspirations in a Changing Economy: The Berkshire Compact

In Berkshire County, Massachusetts, college and community are coming together to educate a region for the twenty-first century.

Meetings and Institutes

1. Register for Fall Meetings on Personal and Social Responsibility and Integrative Learning
2. Submit Proposals for 2010 AAC&U Annual Meeting
3. Submit Proposals for Faculty Roles in High-Impact Practices Conference
4. Campuses and State Systems from Seventy-eight Institutions, Thirty-two States, and Three Countries Attend AAC&U 2009 Summer Institutes

LEAP News

• Almost One Hundred Education and Community Leaders Participate in Miami Public Forum on “Responsibility in a Time of Crisis”

Project Highlights

• Bringing Theory to Practice Project Invites Grant Proposals on Engaged Learning, Civic Development, and Student Well-Being
• Web Resources for Global Learning and Campus Internationalization Now Available
• Give Students a Compass Project Meetings Held in Oregon
• AAC&U and PKAL Invite Nominations and Applications for New PKAL Director
  

Other AAC&U News

• New AAC&U Survey Finds Colleges Moving Away From Pure “Cafeteria-Style” General Education Requirements
• AAC&U Convenes Educators, Funders, and Policymakers to Discuss K-16 Alignment and Achievement
• AAC&U Issues Statement of Remembrance of Ronald Takaki
• New Book on Broadening Participation in Undergraduate Research Features Chapter by AAC&U Director of Programs

New National Data on Military Veterans Enrolled in Higher Education

What’s A Liberal Education?

by Celia Carson, The Oregonian, May 1, 2009

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AAC&U News is written and edited by Laura Donnelly-Smith. If you have questions or comments about the newsletter's contents, please e-mail donnelly-smith@aacu.org.