Press Release Archive 2009

December 14, 2009 -- State Farm Insurance Executive Vice President Deborah Traskell Named as New Cochair of Leadership Council Guiding AAC&U National Initiative

November 20, 2009 -- College, Community College, and University Presidents Form "Presidents' Trust" to Advance Liberal Education as Source of American Civic Vitality and Economic Innovation and Growth

October 30, 2009 -- Utah Colleges and Universities Join Forces to Accelerate Improvements in Student Learning Outcomes and Meet Needs of Changing Global Economy

September 30, 2009 -- New Data on How Campuses Educate Students for Civic Engagement from Association of American Colleges and Universities

September 8, 2009 -- Association of American Colleges and Universities Announces Dr. Susan Elrod as New Director of Project Kaleidoscope

July 20, 2009 - Association of American Colleges and Universities Receives Grant from the John Templeton Foundation to Continue Work of National Initiative on Personal and Social Responsibility

June 11, 2009 -- AAC&U Challenges America to "do school differently" to Improve Math and Science Achievement for All Students

June 11, 2009 -- New AAC&U Report on Women's Progress in Higher Education Honored by National Council for Research on Women with the 2009 Research and Scholarship Award

May 21, 2009 -- 78 Campuses Selected to Attend AAC&U Summer Institutes on General Education Reform; Making Excellence Inclusive; and Engaging Departments with Learning Outcomes and Assessment

May 15, 2009 -- New Survey Finds Colleges Moving Away From Pure "Cafeteria-Style" General Education Requirements, with only 15 Percent Now Using Distribution Requirements Alone

April 28, 2009 -- Nearly 80% of Colleges Now Have A Broad Set of Learning Outcomes for All Students and more than 70% Now Assess Outcomes Across The Curriculum Beyond The Use of Course Grades

April 2, 2009 -- New Recommendations Encourage Development of Undergraduate Courses in Public Health; Campus Events Planned for Public Health Week, April 6-12

February 3, 2009 -- Association of American Colleges and Universities Announces Six New Directors and New Slate of Officers for Board of Directors

January 22, 2009 -- AAC&U Presents 2009 Frederic W. Ness Book Award to Tearing Down the Gates: Confronting The Class Divide in American Education by Peter Sacks

January 22, 2009 -- New Data on Women in Higher Education Released by Program on the Status and Education of Women (PSEW)

January 21, 2009 -- Will New College Graduates Be Ready to Compete and Help Solve the Nation's Big Problems? Are Colleges Ready to Face The Challenges of Educating a New Generation in Tough Times?

January 7, 2009 -- Association of American Colleges and Universities Calls for Campuses to Articulate and Assess Broad Set of College Learning Outcomes at the Highest Levels of Achievement

January 5, 2009 -- Ten Graduate Students Honored with K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Awards