Press Release

29 Institutions Will Participate in the 2022–23 Institute on ePortfolios

Washington, DC—The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announced today that twenty-nine institutions will participate in the second annual Institute on ePortfolios. This institute provides a yearlong engagement opportunity for campus teams seeking to actualize an ambitious strategy to broaden student and faculty/staff engagement with ePortfolios. The ePortfolio Institute engages campuses directly throughout the 2022 calendar year as participants’ ePortfolio implementation plans are put into practice.

In collaboration with the Association for Authentic, Experiential, and Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL) and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), AAC&U will launch the Institute on ePortfolios on January 21 at the AAC&U Annual Meeting. Participants will also take part in the Annual Forum on Open Learning and ePortfolios, a virtual event held in conjunction with the annual meeting on January 24. Each team from the participating institutions will design its own implementation plan for bridging curricular and/or cocurricular learning with ePortfolios. Institute faculty will serve as partners for campus plan development.

The twenty-nine institutions participating in the 2022–23 Institute on ePortfolios are:

  • Augsburg University
  • Bucknell University
  • Capital University
  • Carleton College
  • Guilford College
  • Kwantlen Polytechnic University
  • Michigan Technological University
  • Millersville University
  • Monroe Community College
  • Mount Royal University
  • Northern Virginia Community College
  • Paradise Valley Community College
  • San Antonio College
  • Scottsdale Community College
  • Siena College
  • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
  • Southern Oregon University
  • Southwestern University
  • St. Catherine University Avenue
  • Tarrant County College District
  • The Ohio State University
  • The University of Alabama Honors College
  • United States Coast Guard Academy
  • University of Michigan-Flint
  • University of Richmond
  • University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma
  • University of Virginia
  • Ursuline College
  • Wichita State University

AAEEBL provides a community of practice and resources to help meet the needs of the global ePortfolio community and promotes portfolio learning as a major way to transform higher education.

NASPA is the leading association for the advancement, health, and sustainability of the student affairs profession. Its work provides high-quality professional development, advocacy, and research for 15,000 members in all 50 states and 25 countries.

About AAC&U

AAC&U is the leading national association dedicated to advancing the vitality and public standing of liberal education by making quality and equity the foundations for excellence in undergraduate education in service to democracy. 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 1,000 member institutions—including accredited public and private colleges, community colleges, research universities, and comprehensive universities of every type and size.

AAC&U functions as a catalyst and facilitator, forging links among presidents, administrators, faculty, and staff engaged in institutional and curricular planning. Through a broad range of activities, AAC&U reinforces the collective commitment to liberal education at the national, local, and global levels. Its high-quality programs, publications, research, meetings, institutes, public outreach efforts, and campus-based projects help individual institutions ensure that the quality of student learning is central to their work as they evolve to meet new economic and social challenges.