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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

Association of American Colleges and Universities and the Washington Internship Institute Announces Fall 2016 Faculty Fellows

October 5, 2016

Today, the Washington Internship Institute, in partnership with the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), announced the three faculty members participating in the Faculty Fellows program for the Fall 2016 semester.

The Faculty Fellows program provides a unique faculty development experience by offering faculty from all disciplines the opportunities to pursue their professional, disciplinary, and personal interests in challenging and dynamic professional environments, and to reinvigorate their work as scholars, teachers, advisers, and educational leaders.Read more

New Higher Ed Collaboration to Advance STEM Leadership

September 21, 2016

St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands—Four diverse and prominent institutions of higher education have joined forces to conduct research on proven leadership approaches to broadening participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). With the generous support of a $2.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the University of the Virgin Islands and its partners - Fielding Graduate University, North Carolina A&T State University and the Association of American Colleges and Universities - have collaborated to launch the Center for Advancing STEM Leadership....Read more

Bringing Theory to Practice Releases New Book on Well-Being and Higher Education: A Strategy for Change and the Realization of Education's Greater Purposes

August 15, 2016

The Bringing Theory to Practice Project (BTtoP) is pleased to announce the release of a new publication funded with the support of the Endeavor Foundation: Well-Being and Higher Education: A Strategy for Change and the Realization of Education’s Greater Purposes.Read more

At Meeting in Washington, DC, AAC&U Launches New Project, Purposeful Pathways: Faculty Planning for Curricular Coherence

July 26, 2016

Teagle Foundation Grant Supports Project Designed to Improve Student Success Through Greater Intentionality in Guided Learning PathwaysRead more

Association of American Colleges and Universities and the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Announce Georgia As 13th Partner State in AAC&U’s LEAP States Initiative

July 20, 2016

The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (USG) announced today that Georgia is now a state partner in AAC&U’s national initiative, Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP).Read more

AAC&U Joins Coalition on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

July 8, 2016

Washington, DC—The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announced today that it is joining with more than 70 diverse organizations and individuals as partners in the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) initiative launched in January 2016. The enterprise was launched to help communities embrace racial healing and uproot conscious and unconscious beliefs in the hierarchy of human value. The supporting organizations and...Read more

AAC&U President Issues Call to Action on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Wake of Court Decision on Race-Based Admissions

June 23, 2016

Washington DC—In a strongly worded statement released today in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, AAC&U President Carol Geary Schneider underscored AAC&U’s continuing commitment to “support[ing] higher education institutions across all sectors in creating learning experiences through which all students engage productively with the diversity of ideas and experiences that characterize our world.”

Given its mission-level commitment to both liberal...Read more

AAC&U to Form and Lead New Commission on Inclusive Excellence in STEM in Partnership with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

May 25, 2016

Washington, DC—The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced today the formation of a new Inclusive Excellence (IE) Commission chaired by AAC&U Vice President and Project Kaleidoscope Executive Director Kelly Mack.  The Commission is being formed as part of HHMI’s new Inclusive Excellence Initiative.

The Commission will include nationally and internationally recognized experts on undergraduate STEM reform, broadening participation, leadership development, educational equity, and organizational change. ...Read more

AAC&U Announces Appointment of Dr. Amy E. Jessen-Marshall as Vice President for Integrative Liberal Learning and the Global Commons

May 11, 2016

Washington, DC—The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announced today the appointment of Dr. Amy E. Jessen-Marshall as the new Vice President for Integrative Liberal Learning and the Global Commons.  Dr. Jessen-Marshall has been an active AAC&U member and leader during her tenures at Sweet Briar College and Otterbein University.

Dr. Jessen-Marshall currently serves as an AAC&U leader for the General Education Maps and Markers (GEMs) Pathways Project. As part of this work, she is conducting site visits to several of...Read more

119 Institutions Selected to Send Teams to AAC&U Summer Institutes

May 3, 2016

Washington, DC—The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announced today the colleges, community colleges, universities, and state systems sending teams to its three regularly scheduled 2016 team-based summer institutes. Teams of five or more from each institution will attend these summer institutes: The Institute on General Education and Assessment at Boston University (June 4–8, 2016); The Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success at the University of...Read more

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