At Tidewater Community College, students are learning to see beyond individual course goals and to embrace real-world competencies.

Meetings and Institutes:

• Plan Ahead for Academic Year 2009-2010 AAC&U Meetings
• Submit Proposals for General Education and Assessment Conference
• Proposals Sought for POD Conference in October 2009
  

LEAP News:

• LEAP Campus Action Network Workshop Highlights Effective General Education Practices
  
• First Site Visits Inaugurate Campus Activities for Give Students A Compass LEAP Initiative
  

Project Highlights:

• AAC&U Cosponsors “Be the Change” Forum on Innovations in Personal and Social Responsibility
• VALUE Initiative Seeks Volunteers for Rubric Development Teams during June and July of 2009
  

Other AAC&U News:

• AAC&U Vice President Featured in Documentary on Innovation
• AAC&U’s VALUE Project Highlighted on Academic Commons
• Applications Available for 2009 Award for Improving General Education
• AAC&U Remembers John Hope Franklin

Community Colleges and the Economic Downturn

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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.