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The August survey found strong alignment between the outcomes of a liberal education and the skills and dispositions employers view as essential for success in entry-level jobs and for advancement in their organizations.

The award recognizes graduate students who show exemplary promise as future leaders of higher education and are committed to academic innovation in equity, community engagement, and teaching and learning.

The Right to Learn: Resisting the Right-Wing Attack on Academic Freedom, edited by Valerie C. Johnson, Jennifer Ruth, and Ellen Schrecker and published by Beacon Press, is the winner of the 2025 Frederic W. Ness Book Award.

APT aims to unite higher education, business, and civil society around a shared purpose, communicate the value of a college education in compelling ways, and highlight liberal education as central to preparing students for a healthy democracy.

These pioneering awards support teaching faculty from the United States and the United Kingdom in co-delivering interdisciplinary virtual exchange and collaborative online international learning courses that address pressing global challenges.

This fully online institute helps departments, programs, colleges, and universities respond effectively to the challenges and opportunities artificial intelligence (AI) presents for courses, curricula, and higher education in general.

AAC&U and Elon University have released the second publication in the Student Guide to Artificial Intelligence series. Like the widely adopted first publication, this resource is provided to students and institutions free of charge.

AAC&U today released a statement from college and university presidents and leaders of scholarly societies in response to ongoing actions by the Trump administration affecting higher education.