Taking Responsibility for the Quality of Every Student’s Liberal Education

Throughout its history, AAC&U has called upon the academy to take responsibility for the quality of student learning in college. AAC&U consistently stresses the importance of clearly articulating the qualities of a well-educated person, creating coherent educational programs that cultivate those qualities, and assessing to determine if they have been achieved.

AAC&U works with campuses to develop effective ways to improve the quality of student learning and, increasingly, to assess the achievement of key general education outcomes. AAC&U provides campuses with tools to assess learning in ways that help improve educational programs and provide useful information to key stakeholders.

AAC&U also is publishing a series of papers and statements on accountability and assessment. In 2005, the Liberal Education and America's Promise campaign released the first in a series of reports titled Liberal Education Outcomes: A Preliminary Report on Student Achievement in College.