Portfolios Transform Writing Assessment at Carleton College

Students and faculty alike benefit from a new writing portfolio program

• 2005 Annual Meeting to Explore "Liberal Education and the New Academy"
• AAC&U to Host Symposium on Entrepreneurship and Liberal Education
• Register Now for Spring AAC&U Network for Academic Renewal Conferences
• AAC&U Invites Proposals for "Integrative Learning: Creating Opportunities to Connect"
• 2005 Institute on General Education Accepting Applications
• 5th Annual Greater Expectations Institute Faculty Announced
• Bringing Theory to Practice Requests Preliminary Proposals for Engaged Learning, Student Mental Health, and Civic Development Demonstration Program
• AAC&U Forms Partnership with Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future
• Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts Calls for Participation in National Study of Liberal Arts Education
• Peer Review Focuses on General Education and Assessment
• Resources from 2004 AAC&U Diversity and Learning Conference Go Online
• AAC&U Announces New Editor of Liberal Education and New Director of Publications and Editorial Services

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

Reports Indicate High Turnout of Young Voters, Strong Support for Kerry among College Students

Engaging Students Politically Goes Beyond the Voting Booth

by Elizabeth Beaumont, in Carnegie Perspectives (October 2004)