Liberal Education

• Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP): Excellence for Everyone as a Nation Goes to College
• VALUE: Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education
• Give Students a Compass
• Developing a Community College Student Roadmap: From Entrance to Engagement in Educational Achievement and Success
• Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement
• AAC&U NESS Book Award

Current Trends and Contemporary Understandings

• The Completion Agenda (Liberal Education, Winter 2012)
• The LEAP Vision for Learning: Outcomes, Practices, Impact and Employers' Views
• College Learning for the New Global Century
• Academic Freedom and Educational Responsibility
• Practicing Liberal Education: Formative Themes in the Re-invention of Liberal Learning
• Board Approved Statement on Liberal Learning
• Contemporary Understandings of Liberal Education
• Greater Expectations: A New Vision for Learning as a Nation Goes to College
• Learning and Assessment: Trends in Undergraduate Education (pdf)
• Trends and Emerging Practices in General Education (pdf)

Historical Perspectives and Analysis

• Global Positioning: Essential Learning, Student Success, and the Currency of US Degrees (Liberal Education, Summer/Fall 2011)
• Civic Engagement and Psychosocial Well-Being, (Liberal Education, Spring 2011)
• Fresh Perspectives on Faculty Trends:
  Contingency, Diversity, and the Impact of the Recession (Liberal Education, Winter 2011)
• The Annual Meeting - The Wit, The Will...and the Wallet: Supporting Educational Innovation, Shaping Our Global Futures (Liberal Education, Summer 2010)
• Liberal Education and the Disciplines (Liberal Education, Spring 2009)
• The Living Arts: Comparative and Historical Reflections on Liberal Education

Outcomes and Assessment

• Assessing College Student Learning: Evaluating Alternative Models, Using Multiple Methods (2011)
• General Education & Liberal Learning: Principles of Effective Practice
• Electronic Portfolios and Student Success: Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Learning
• Assessing Outcomes and Improving Achievement: Tips and Tools for Using Rubrics
• The Quality Imperative: Match Ambitious Goals for College Attainment with an Ambitious Vision for Learning (pdf) (2010)
• Outcomes of High Impact Practices for Underserved Students: A Review of the Literature (preliminary draft)
• Liberal Education Outcomes: A Preliminary Report on Student Achievement in College (pdf)
• Our Students' Best Work: A Framework for Accountability Worth of Our Mission

Campus Practice

• Lessons on Systemic Reform from the LEAP States Initiative (Peer Review, Spring 2011)
• Returning Adult Students (Peer Review, Winter 2011)
• What Is a Liberal Education? And Why Is It Important to My Future?
• Internships and Experiential Learning (Peer Review, Fall 2010)
• Integrative Learning at Home and Abroad (Liberal Education, Summer 2010)
• Five High-Impact Practices: Research on Learning Outcomes, Completion, and Quality (2010)
• Engaging Diverse Viewpoints: What Is the Campus Climate for Perspective-Taking?
• Liberal Education and Military Leadership (Liberal Education, Spring 2010)
• Engaging Departments: Assessing Student Learning (Peer Review, Winter 2010)
• The Humanities (Liberal Education, Winter 2010)
• A Symposium on Effective Practice (Liberal Education, Fall 2009)
• Civic Responsibility: What Is the Campus Climate for Learning? (2009)
• Liberal Education and Undergraduate Public Health Studies (Peer Review, Summer 2009)
• The AAC&U Annual Meeting (Liberal Education, Summer 2009)
• Good Teaching: What Is It and How Do We Measure It? (Peer Review, Spring 2009)
• High-Impact Educational Practices: What They Are, Who Has Access to Them, and Why They Matter
• Why Do I Have to Take This Course? A Student Guide to Making Smart Educational Choices

Public Opinion and Advocacy

• Raising the Bar: Employers' Views on College Learning in the Wake of the Economic Downturn (pdf)
• How Should Colleges Assess And Improve Student Learning? Employers' Views on the Accountability Challenge (pdf )
• How Should Colleges Prepare Students To Succeed in Today’s Global Economy? Poll of Business Leaders (pdf)
• Making the Case for Liberal Education: Responding to the Challenges (pdf)
• Communicating Commitment to Liberal Education: A Self-Study Guide for Institutions (pdf)
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• 2012 Annual Meeting: SHARED FUTURES / DIFFICULT CHOICES: Reclaiming a Democratic Vision for College Learning, Global Engagement, and Success in Washington, DC, January 25-28, 2012. Register online.
• GENERAL EDUCATION AND ASSESSMENT: New Contexts, New Cultures in New Orleans, February 23-25, 2012. Register today!
• STUDENT SUCCESS: Pushing Boundaries, Raising Bars in Seattle, March 22-24, 2012. Register by January 30 for best conference rates.

2012 AAC&U SUMMER INSTITUTES

• INSTITUTE ON GENERAL EDUCATION AND ASSESSMENT at The Hotel at Turf Valley, Ellicott City, Maryland, June 2-6, 2012
• INSTITUTE ON HIGH-IMPACT PRACTICES AND STUDENT SUCCESS at Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, June 19-23, 2012
• INSTITUTE ON INTEGRATIVE LEARNING AND THE DEPARTMENTS at The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, July 11-15, 2012.
• PKAL Summer Leadership Institutes for STEM Faculty at the Baca Campus of Colorado College in Crestone, CO
  Institute I: July 17-22, 2012
  Institute II: July 31-August 5, 2012

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