Bringing Theory to Practice

Leadership Coalition Follow-up Conference

From April 19-20, 2009 in Washington, DC, campus personnel from the 40 institutions comprising the Leadership Coalition came together for a follow-up conference, confirming their commitment to the objectives of the Leadership Coalition of presidents and institutions advancing the transformative promise of liberal education. Conference attendees came from all corners of the academic community, from faculty to provosts and community service personnel, in order to pursue the common goal of providing a transformative education for their students.

The Follow-up Conference (following the Presidents' Symposium "Campus Change for Learning" of November 2008) reflected what is gleaned from current research on learning, from studies of institutional change, and from attending campus teams as they shared the work being done at their institutions.

The Leadership Coalition encourages and supports institutions committed to providing successful models of a campus culture focused on actively engaging students in learning, evaluating their success in doing so, and addressing the full dimensions of the intellectual, emotional, and civic lives of students.

Bringing Theory to Practice will continue to support the work of these 40 campuses as they work to create and sustain transformative learning experiences for their students.

Conference Location

Marriott Washington Hotel
1221 22nd St., NW
Washington, DC  20037

Conference Materials

Conference Program (pdf)

(Please see the Leadership Coalition page for further related materials.)

Please contact Jennifer O'Brien, obrien@aacu.org; or Lindsay Vacek, vacek@aacu.org, with any questions regarding the Leadership Coalition or the Follow-up Conference.