Using General Education Review and Accreditation to Drive Change at the University of South Carolina

At USC, big changes on the horizon include an integrative core curriculum and a plan to bridge the gaps between the classroom and cocurricular learning. 

Meetings and Institutes

• New Speakers and Session Topics for AAC&U’s 2011 Annual Meeting
  
• Special Saturday Event at Annual Meeting: The E-Portfolio Forum
  
• Registration Still Open for Undergraduate Research Conference
  
• Plan to Attend General Education 3.0 Meeting in March 2011
  
• Nominations, Applications Invited for 2011 Wye Faculty and Deans' Seminars
  

LEAP News

• LEAP Campus Action Network Members Honored with General Education Award
  

PKAL News and Meetings

• Resources on Interdisciplinary STEM Learning Now Available from National Colloquium
  

Project Highlights

• AAC&U Announces Thirty-Two Colleges and Universities Chosen to Participate in General Education for a Global Century
  
• AAC&U to Help Develop National Action Plan for Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement
• Program on the Status and Education of Women Celebrates Forty Years

Other AAC&U News

• New Book Inspired by AAC&U's Institute on General Education Now Available
• Join AAC&U Member Associates Program
• ACAD Handbook Still Available at Discounted Price
  

The Status of Minorities in Higher Education in 2010

Student Realizes Value of Liberal Education Goes Beyond the First Job
By Chris Kennedy, The Ram (Fordham University), October 6, 2010

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

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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.