This webinar is part of a Bringing Theory to Practice (BTtoP) initiative that links two core, growing concerns of higher education: student well-being and educational equity. What does it mean to put support for student flourishing at the center of our commitment to equity? What does it mean to place equity, diversity, and inclusion of our...
Past Events: Webinar
AAC&U webinars highlight the work being done at colleges and universities around the country to address challenges and identify best practices for enhancing the teaching and learning experience, demonstrating the value of liberal education, and preparing students to contribute to a diverse democracy and global citizenship.
- May 30, 201902:00 to 03:00 EDT
Today, the demand for global competitiveness in undergraduate science education is situated within a shifting sociopolitical context that is increasingly made complex by the troubling history of race relations in America. This contemporary reality requires that we boldly embrace a more dynamic conceptualization of excellence in undergraduate science education—one that advances innovation and...
- May 21, 201902:00 to 03:00 EDT
This webinar, a collaboration between AAC&U, the Association of Authentic, Experiential, and Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL), and Electronic Portfolio Action & Communication (EPAC), will highlight key findings and offer guidance for ePortfolio practice from the Spring 2019 issue of the International Journal of ePortfolio....
- April 16, 201903:00 to 04:00 EDT
With an increase in incidents centered around interfaith misunderstanding on campuses and in communities, a number of institutions are reporting a need for student, faculty, and staff preparation for interfaith engagement. This webinar will address the rationale, value, and impact of engaging religious diversity and facilitating cooperation on campuses from various institutional perspectives...
- April 9, 201903:00 to 04:00 EDT
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the Alliance for the Arts and Research Universities, and the Association of American Colleges and Universities invite you to join the conversation on the integration of the arts and humanities in STEMM based on findings from Branches from the Same Tree: The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences,...
- March 19, 201902:00 to 03:00 EDT
Teaching and learning centers are playing new roles at the heart of many initiatives aimed at transforming higher education’s promise and delivery of learning. This session will explore the shift of teaching and learning from the sidelines to a more central and transformative position in higher education.
- March 6, 201903:00 to 04:00 EST
An increasing aversion to difference and the growing number of racial incidents have left colleges and universities with the challenge of how to affect change and to heal from the legacies and harms of racism. This webinar will discuss the efforts of the first ten Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers in...
- December 4, 201802:00 to 03:00 EST
Furthering AAC&U’s work on establishing the landscape of learning across higher education, this webinar will share the project-level results of the first year of the VALUE Institute.
- November 13, 201802:00 to 03:00 EST
This webinar will explore how to enable a climate of mutual respect and civility while fostering the freedom to debate and discuss the merits of competing ideas.
- November 5, 201812:00 to 01:00 EST
This webinar is a collaboration between AAC&U and the POD Network. The presenters will share institutional cases and highlight issues to consider when designing diversity initiatives, especially those related to the mandates, challenges, and possibilities of specific institutional contexts.
- October 30, 201802:00 to 03:00 EDT
Building off the results of AAC&U’s validity study of the VALUE (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education) approach to assessment, this webinar will provide strategies for finding and designing assignments for the VALUE rubrics, with special attention to rubrics that faculty have found more challenging to use.
- October 16, 201801:00 to 02:00 EDT
Designed primarily for faculty and departmental chairs, this webinar is part of AAC&U’s larger project on civic learning in the major by design.
- September 12, 201801:00 EDT
This webinar highlights the work being done at colleges and universities around the country to address challenges and identify best practices for enhancing the teaching and learning experience and demonstrating the value of liberal education for work, life, and global citizenship.
- August 28, 201801:00 EDT
This webinar marks the release of AAC&U’s latest employer survey, funded by AAC&U and the Newman’s Own Foundation.
- June 19, 201802:00 EDT
This webinar will help participants explore concrete strategies that keep students involved, motivated, and actively learning. It will also cover a range of practical and essential instructional techniques, including student engagement strategies, collaborative learning approaches, and important ways to reconsider technology in your classroom.
- April 27, 201802:00 EDT
In this webinar, administrative and faculty leaders from three institutions will share models and insights into the process their institutions took to integrate signature work opportunities into the curriculum.
- April 19, 201803:00 EDT
This webinar will present findings from a three-year project on Committing to Equity and Inclusive Excellence led by AAC&U in partnership with the Center for Urban Education at the University of Southern California.
- April 3, 201801:00 EDT
This webinar, designed for faculty and departmental chairs and funded by the Endeavor Foundation, will focus on how departments can structure the design, expectations, and experiences for all their majors to expand students’ civic capacities while also deepening students’ learning in the discipline.
- March 29, 201802:00 EDT
This webinar will help participants think through those negative perspectives and then craft messages that articulate the strengths and promises of liberal education. The goal is to help participants identify the most important audiences for their campuses and then develop strategies for reaching out to those audiences.
- April 17, 201702:00 EDT