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Meetings and Institutes:

• Apply to Attend AAC&U’s Engaging Departments Institute— Deadline Extended to April 9
• Deadline Extended for Greater Expectations Institute—Apply by April 15
• Plan Now for Academic Year 2010-2011 AAC&U Meetings
  

LEAP News:

• LEAP National Leadership Council Discusses Future of LEAP Initiative
  

Project Highlights:

• Core Commitments Unveils New Web Site, Resources on Personal and Social Responsibility
• Attend Regional PKAL Workshop for Early-Career STEM Faculty; Follow Project Kaleidoscope via Facebook and Twitter
• AAC&U, Other Organizations Create Network for Campus Internationalization Resources
• AAC&U VP to Participate in Webcast on Civic Learning
  
  

Other AAC&U News:

• AAC&U President Releases Statement on Common Core Standards
• AAC&U Announces New Publications Discount for Campus Representatives and Associates
• New Book on Interdisciplinary Campus Cultures Copublished by AAC&U
• Applications Available for 2010 Award for Improving General Education
• AAC&U Remembers Charles Muscatine
  
  

Expectations and Student Success: The Views of America’s Teachers and Students

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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.