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70 Campuses Selected to Attend AAC&U Summer Institutes on General Education Reform; Making Excellence Inclusive; and Engaged Learning in and across the disciplines
Participants Will Work to Reform and Assess General Education Programs, Help Campuses Make Excellence Inclusive and Increase Student Success, and Advance Integrated and Engaged Learning in Departments
Washington, DC – May 10, 2010 –The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announced today the colleges, universities, and state systems sending teams to its three regularly scheduled 2010 summer institutes. Teams of five or more from each institution will attend one of three summer institutes: the Institute on General Education and Assessment at the University of Vermont (June 4-9, 2010); the Greater Expectations Institute: Leadership to Make Excellence Inclusive at Vanderbilt University (June 15-19, 2010); and the Engaging Departments Institute at the University of Pennsylvania (July 7-11, 2010).
“AAC&U’s 2010 summer institutes are designed to address in a variety of ways the central challenge facing higher education—ensuring that all students achieve the high quality liberal education they need and deserve,” said AAC&U president Carol Geary Schneider. “Each year, we are inspired by the exciting and innovative ways these institutions are tackling the challenge of improving liberal learning outcomes for all their students.”
For twenty years, AAC&U’s Institute on General Education and Assessment has provided hundreds of colleges and universities with the formative and collaborative space to advance general education reform and its assessment on their campus. Campus teams come to this institute to develop, refine, and advance intentional curricula, engaging pedagogies, effective assessment, and long-term sustainability of efforts. The Greater Expectations Institute will mark the tenth anniversary of AAC&U’s intensive five-day program specifically designed for campuses working to build their institutional capacity and collaborative leadership to increase the inclusion, engagement, and high achievement of all their students, especially those historically underserved.
AAC&U also offers the Engaging Departments Institute, now in its second year, for teams of campus faculty and department chairs. The purpose of this institute is to advance integrated and engaged learning in and across disciplines, and to assess broad student learning outcomes within individual department majors. This Institute is part of ongoing work in Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP), and is supported by the Teagle Foundation.
All AAC&U institutes offer campus teams a time and place for sustained collaborative work on a project of importance to their campus along with a curriculum focused on important trends, research and best practices, and a resident faculty of educational experts. For more information on AAC&U meetings and institutes, visit www.aacu.org.
Institute on General Education, Participating Campuses: |
Albertus Magnus College (CT) |
Rochester Institute of Technology (NY) |
Alfred University (NY) |
Stanford University (CA) |
Arizona State University (at the West Campus) (AZ) |
State University of New York-New Paltz (NY) |
| Ashford University (IA) |
Stevenson University (MD) |
Aurora University (IL) |
Texas A&M University (TX) |
Bellarmine University (KY) |
University of Maine (ME) |
Bronx Community College (NY) |
University of Missouri-Kansas City (MO) |
California State University-San Bernadino (CA) |
University of North Texas (TX) |
Central State University (OH) |
University of Vermont (VT) |
College of Staten Island (CUNY) (NY) |
University of West Florida (FL) |
Florida State College at Jacksonville (FL) |
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (WI) |
Franklin Pierce University (NH) |
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (WI) |
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IN) |
Viterbo University (WI) |
Mercer University (GA) |
Warren Wilson College (NC) |
| Misericordia University (PA) |
Washington State University (WA) |
| Mount Union College (OH) |
William Paterson University (NJ) |
| Northeastern Illinois University (IL) |
Wright State University (OH) |
| Oregon State University (OR) |
Zayed University (Dubai) |
Penn State Berks (PA) |
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Greater Expectations Institute, Participating Campuses: |
Austin Peay State University (TN) |
Salem College (NC) |
Belmont University (TN) |
United States Air Force Academy (CO) |
Berea College (KY) |
University of Alaska-Anchorage (AK) |
Central State University (OH) |
University of Houston-Downtown (TX) |
Gainesville State College (GA) |
University of LaVerne (CA) |
Lenoir Rhyne University (NC) |
University of Montana (MT) |
Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LA) |
University of North Florida (FL) |
Manchester Community College (CT) |
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (WI) |
Medaille College (NY) |
Webster University (MO) |
Messiah College (PA) |
Wilfrid Laurier University (Brantford, ON, Canada) |
Middle Tennessee State University (TN) |
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Engaging Departments Institute, Participating Campuses: |
Ashford University (IA) |
Sacred Heart University (CT) |
Berea College (KY) |
Spelman College (GA) |
California State University, Monterey Bay (CA) |
Tulane University (LA) |
California State University, Sacramento (CA) |
University of Dayton (OH) |
Miami Dade College (FL) |
University of Southern Maine (ME) |
Mount Royal University (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) |
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (TN) |
Ramapo College (NJ) |
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (WI) |
Rhode Island College (RI) |
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About AAC&U
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 1,200 member institutions—including 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 at www.aacu.org.
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