Initiative
Presidents’ Trust
Membership is open to CEOs of colleges and universities, as well as CEOs of foundations and associations. Demonstrate your commitment to leadership in liberal education by joining the Presidents’ Trust today.
Campus Priority
Demonstrating the Value of Liberal Education
Abundant evidence—including from employers—points to liberal education’s immense economic and civic value. Campus leaders, faculty, and staff are essential advocates for communicating its defining characteristics and outcomes.
Featured Resources
Research\
How College Contributes to Workforce Success: Employer Views on What Matters Most
AAC&U’s most recent survey of employers explores views on the value of a college degree, the educational outcomes and experiences most valued for hiring decisions, and perceptions of recent graduates’ levels of preparedness for workplace success.
Publication\
What We Value: Public Health, Social Justice, and Educating for Democracy
This vital book demonstrates how tumultuous events reveal what we value and the ways in which a liberal education can help us to learn from one another while cultivating the personal and social responsibility necessary for furthering the common good.
Research\
On the Same Page? Administrator and Faculty Views on What Shapes College Learning and Student Success
Findings from a national survey of higher education professionals across campus roles and institutional types
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On-Demand Webinar\
Bridging the Political Divide — College Student Edition
What happens when two students — strangers from different universities — join a guided online conversation about America’s toughest political issues?
Annual Meeting\
2023 Annual Meeting
Annual Meeting\
2023 Annual Forum on Open Learning and ePortfolios
This year's forum will focus on proven, innovative liberal education strategies that support and facilitate the goals of quality, equity, affordability, and access in higher education and fully prepare students for life beyond graduation.
Research\
On the Same Page? Administrator and Faculty Views on What Shapes College Learning and Student Success
Findings from a national survey of higher education professionals across campus roles and institutional types
Publication\
What We Value: Public Health, Social Justice, and Educating for Democracy
This vital book demonstrates how tumultuous events reveal what we value and the ways in which a liberal education can help us to learn from one another while cultivating the personal and social responsibility necessary for furthering the common good.
Annual Meeting\
2022 Annual Meeting
Drawing on the capacity for innovation demonstrated across higher education during the pandemic, the 2022 Annual Meeting will showcase and examine new models, practices, and solutions aimed at reinvigorating liberal education in service to democracy.
On-Demand Webinar\
Presidents’ Trust Town Hall: Cultivating a Just & Inclusive Democracy
As political polarization and intolerance for difference continue to grow and thrive in the United States, colleges and universities have an essential role in supporting a healthy democracy.
Conference\
Global Learning Reimagined
The conference will combine critical reflection on past practice with exploration of new approaches to global learning that are accessible and inclusive, rooted in ethical relationships, and situate the global within local and international settings.