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AAC&U is the leading national association concerned with the quality, vitality, and public standing of undergraduate liberal education. AAC&U is an excellent source of information on undergraduate curricular change, how colleges are changing to meet the needs of the new global economy, general education reform, student learning outcomes assessment, diversity and equity in higher education, and global issues in higher education.

Recent Press Releases

Media Advisory: More than 2,000 Expected in Washington, DC, to Explore Ways to Shape the Future of Higher Education

January 6, 2020

EVENT:   AAC&U Annual Meeting
                Shaping the Future of Higher Education:
                An Invitation to Lead

WHEN:   January 22–25, 2020
WHERE: Marriott Marquis

AAC&U’s Annual Meeting, “Shaping the Future of Higher Education: An Invitation to Lead,” will highlight innovative campus practices and programs that demonstrate why liberal education is essential for students’ future employability and for democratic vitality. Featuring a broad array of...Read more

AAC&U Announces Winner of the 2020 Frederic W. Ness Book Award

October 31, 2019

Washington, DC—The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) today announced the winner of its Frederic W. Ness Book Award, Jim Crow Campus: Higher Education and the Struggle for a New Southern Social Order (Teachers College Press). The annual award recognizes outstanding contributions to the understanding and improvement of liberal education. The 2020 Ness Award will be formally presented to the author, Joy Ann Williamson-Lott, at AAC&U’s Annual Meeting on January 23, 2020, in Washington, DC. Joy Ann Williamson-Lott is...Read more

VALUE Institute Registration Now Open

October 16, 2019

Washington, DC—The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) today announced the opening of registration for the 2019–2020 VALUE Institute, the leading source for direct evidence of student learning in higher education.

VALUE (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education) is AAC&U’s signature approach to the assessment of student learning outcomes. Through this evidence-based approach, authentic student work—that is, the work students already produce across their various learning pathways...Read more

AAC&U Partners with Historic Sotterley

August 6, 2019

Washington, DC—In 2016, the Association of American Colleges and Universities embarked on a partnership with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in support of the Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) enterprise. TRHT is a comprehensive, national and community-based process designed to catalyze transformational and sustainable change aimed at addressing the historic and contemporary effects of racism.

Grounded in a vision of what America will look like once our belief in a hierarchy of human value has been jettisoned, the five pillars of the TRHT framework—narrative change,...Read more

AAC&U Receives Grant from The Endeavor Foundation to Work with Departments to Integrate Designs for Civic Responsibility into the Major

July 31, 2019

Washington, DC—The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) is pleased to announce the receipt of a

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Bringing Theory to Practice Launches Partnerships for Listening and Action by Communities and Educators (PLACE) Collaboratory

June 19, 2019

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Washington, DC—The Bringing Theory to Practice (BTtoP) project is pleased to announce the launch of a multi-campus collaborative initiative (a "collaboratory") titled Partnerships for Listening and Action by Communities and Educators (PLACE).  The project is supported by a two-year, $800,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), which serves as the host...Read more

More Than 200 Institutions Selected to Send Participants to AAC&U Summer Institutes

May 28, 2019

Participants Will Redesign General Education Programs and Assessment Plans, Advance Equity and Student Success through High-Impact Practices, Develop Integrative and Engaged Learning Strategies, and Be Equipped as Agents of Change for Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education

Washington, DC—The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announced today the two- and four-year colleges, universities, and state systems sending participants to its 2019 summer institutes. Teams of five or more will attend the...Read more

AAC&U Announces Twenty Institutions in New Guided Pathways Project

May 14, 2019

Washington, DC—The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announced today the twenty institutions selected to participate in a new two-year project, Strengthening Guided Pathways and Career Success by Ensuring Students Are Learning. The Guided Pathways project is designed to build institutional capacity to ensure students are learning.    

“AAC&U is thrilled to partner with the selected Guided Pathways institutions to promote student success and demonstrate the ways in which community...Read more

AAC&U Receives $500,000 Grant from The Papa John’s Foundation to Support the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers

March 14, 2019

Washington, DC—The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announced today that it has received a two-year grant of $500,000 from The Papa John’s Foundation to support the establishment of Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers. The grant will support AAC&U’s effort to develop at least 150 self-sustaining, community-integrated TRHT Campus Centers. 

AAC&U is partnering with higher education institutions to develop Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Centers to...Read more

Association of American Colleges and Universities Announces Two New Directors and a New Slate of Officers for Board of Directors

February 14, 2019

Washington, DC— At its recent 2019 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, the members of the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) elected two new directors and selected a slate of new officers to serve on its board of directors. Carol Leary, President of Bay Path University, was appointed chair of the board. Richard Guarasci, President of Wagner College, will continue to serve on AAC&U’s board as past chair. The members also voted to appoint William Craft, President, Concordia College, as vice chair of the...Read more

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