Topics of Forthcoming Issues

Fall 2009
Study Abroad as a Vehicle for Global Learning

In keeping with the vision of AAC&U’s Shared Future initiative, study abroad programs should challenge students to explore the relational nature of their identities— identities that are variously shaped by the currents of power and privilege, both within a multicultural U.S. democracy and within an interconnected and unequal world. This Peer Review will feature articles on best practices in campus study abroad programs, research on the impact of study abroad, and analysis of the role and limitations of study abroad as a strategy for global learning.

Winter 2010
Engaging Departments

Recognizing that most faculty identify strongly with their discipline and department, and students are engaged in more complex and sophisticated practice of liberal learning as they complete their majors, this issue of Peer Review will present articles that advance integrative and engaged learning in and across disciplines. Features will draw on sessions and presentations from the 2009 Engaging Departments Institute.