Press Release
Contact: Debra Humphreys
Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs
202-387-3760
Humphreys@aacu.org
99 Campuses Selected to Attend Institutes on General Education; Student Engagement, Inclusion, and Achievement; and Citizenship and Public Health
Participants Will Work to Strengthen General Education Programs, Become More Intentional About Student Learning and Engagement, and Develop Undergraduate Public Health Curricula
Washington, DC -- May 1, 2008 -- The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announced today the colleges and universities sending teams to its 2008 summer institutes. Teams were chosen competitively to attend one of three different summer institutes: the Institute on General Education in Minneapolis, Minnesota (May 30 – June 4, 2008); the Greater Expectations Institute on Campus Leadership for Student Engagement, Inclusion, and Achievement in Snowbird, Utah (June 18-22, 2008); and the Educated Citizen and Public Health Institute in Crystal City, Virginia (July 14-15, 2008).
“AAC&U’s 2008 summer institutes are designed to address a spectrum of important issues facing colleges and universities today. These campus teams will work with administrative, faculty, and assessment consultants to advance their educational priorities as they seek to become more intentional, inclusive, and integrative in the way they organize student learning,” said AAC&U president Carol Geary Schneider. “The new emphasis on learning outcomes can be a real opportunity for academic change on campus.”
The Institute on General Education will provide participants an opportunity to examine current trends in general education, discuss strategies for implementing curricular reforms, and refine campus-specific general education reform plans in the context of campus missions. Teams come to AAC&U’s Greater Expectations Institute to advance a specific educational change project by aligning the project to their institution’s mission, clarifying outcomes, refining planning and processes, and building a culture of organizational learning. Teams at the Public Health Institute build upon established core courses to create intentional, coherent, and creative undergraduate public health curricula. The Public Health Institute was designed in partnership with the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) and is funded by APTR through its cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
All AAC&U institutes offer campus teams a time and place for sustained collaborative work on a project of importance to their campus. For more information on AAC&U meetings and institutes, visit www.aacu.org.
Institute on General Education, Participating Campuses:
Appalachian State University
Baker University
California State University System
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Drake University
Edgewood College
Florida Community College at Jacksonville
Georgetown College
Kent State University
Medaille College
Minot State University
Muhlenberg College
North Seattle Community College
Northern Essex Community College
Northern Illinois University
Norwich University
Oregon University System
Roger Williams University
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Rollins College
Saint Joseph's College, New York
Saint Louis Community College Center
Southwest Minnesota State University
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of Wisconsin System Administration
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Waldorf College
West Virginia State University
Western Kentucky University
Wilkes University |
Greater Expectations Institute, Participating Campuses:
Aurora University
Baldwin-Wallace College
Cleveland State University
Ferrum College
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Kapi'olani Community College
Marquette University
Monmouth University
Pepperdine University
Philadelphia University
Point Loma Nazarene University
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Salt Lake Community College |
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
United States Military Academy
University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Idaho
University of La Verne
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Utah State Board of Regents
Utah Valley State College
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Wartburg College
Weber State University
Woodbury University |
Public Health Institute, Participating Campuses:
Allegheny College
Bates College
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Clark University
College of Saint Catherine
College of Saint Rose
Creighton University
Daemen College
Drake University
East Carolina University
Elon University
Hampton University
Haverford College
Illinois Wesleyan University
Indiana University-Northwest
Lehigh University
Linfield College
Macalester College
Muhlenberg College
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
North Carolina State University
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
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Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
San Jose State University
Texas Christian University
Truman State University
University of Colorado Denver
University of Florida
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of Nebraska
-- UN Medical Center
-- UN at Omaha
-- UN at Kearney
-- UN-Lincoln
University of San Francisco
University of Washington Bothell Campus
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Vanderbilt University
Washington University
Winston-Salem State University
Worcester State College
Yeshiva University
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AAC&U is the leading national association concerned with the quality, vitality, and public standing of undergraduate liberal education. Its members are committed to extending the advantages of a liberal education to all students, regardless of academic specialization or intended career. Founded in 1915, AAC&U now comprises more than 1,150 accredited public and private colleges and universities of every type and size.
AAC&U functions as a catalyst and facilitator, forging links among presidents, administrators, and faculty members who are engaged in institutional and curricular planning. Its mission is to reinforce the collective commitment to liberal education at both the national and local levels and to help individual institutions keep the quality of student learning at the core of their work as they evolve to meet new economic and social challenges.
Information about AAC&U membership, programs, and publications can be found on the AAC&U Web site.
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