Press Release Archive 2008

June 30, 2008 -- Improving State-wide General Education Outcomes and Underserved Student Success Is Goal of New AAC&U Initiative

June 13, 2008 -- 44 Colleges and Universities Send Faculty to Civic Seminar Co-Sponsored by AAC&U and the Aspen Institute

June 3, 2008 -- AAC&U Appoints Public Health Expert Marian Osterweis as New Senior Fellow

May 28, 2008 -- Fred Winter Appointed Senior Director of Advancement and Leadership Development at Association of American Colleges and Universities

May 1, 2008 -- 99 Campuses Selected to Attend Institutes on General Education; Student Engagement, Inclusion, and Achievement; and Citizenship and Public Health

May 1, 2008 -- Association of American Colleges and Universities’ Public Health Initiative Launches New Research Effort With Grant from the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation

April 17, 2008 -- College Students and Faculty Call for Greater Focus on Personal and Social Responsibility

April 3, 2008 -- Association of American Colleges and Universities Appoints Susan Albertine To Newly Created Position as Senior Director for LEAP State Initiatives

February 19, 2008 -- Association of American Colleges and Universities Presents 2008 Frederic W. Ness Book Award to Our Underachieving Colleges by Derek Bok

February 11, 2008 -- Association of American Colleges and Universities Announces Seven New Directors and New Slate of Officers for Board of Directors

January 30, 2008 -- Major Higher Education Associations Pledge New Leadership for Student Learning and Accountability at CHEA Annual Conference (pdf)

January 23, 2008 -- More Than 1600 College Leaders Gather to Discuss and Develop Ways to Prepare Students for an Unscripted, Interdependent World

January 22, 2008 -- Multiple Choice Tests and Institutional Assessments Judged Ineffective by Employers Looking for Improvements in College Learning

January 17, 2008 -- Major Educational Associations to Pledge New Leadership
for Student Learning and Accountability (pdf from CHEA.org)

January 14, 2008 -- Business Leaders Weigh In On Higher Education’s
Assessment and Accountability Debates

January 2, 2008 -- Ten Graduate Students Honored with K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Awards