Advancing Student Success by Attending to the Whole Student at Mercy College

A program that provides every first-year, full-time student with a dedicated professional mentor is showing promise.

Meetings and Institutes

• Spring 2012 General Education and Assessment Conference; Proposals to Present Due June 1
• Fall Network for Academic Renewal Meetings to Address Personal and Social Responsibility and Arts & Humanities
  
• AAC&U’s 2012 Annual Meeting
  
• 2011 General Education and Assessment and STEM Conference Resources Now Online
  
• Campuses and State Systems from 106 Institutions, Thirty-Six States, and Four Countries To Attend AAC&U 2011 Summer Institutes
  
  

LEAP News

• New Publication Presents LEAP Vision and Overviews of Research on High-Impact Practices and Employer Views
  

PKAL News & Events

• Apply to Attend PKAL Upper Midwest STEM Leadership Workshop
  
• Faculty Workshop Will Explore Discovery-Based Learning in Neuroscience
  
• New STEM Education Essays Posted Online
  
  

Project Highlights

• New Toolkit for Campus Practitioners Highlights Resources from Compass and Roadmap Projects
  
• Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Initiative Sponsors Five National Roundtables and Gathers Input on Draft National Policy Plan of Action
• AAC&U Takes the Lead on Making Civic Learning Essential—For All College Students and Our Shared Future
  
  

Other AAC&U News

• AAC&U President Champions Continued Importance of the Liberal Arts in Article Critical of National Governors Association Report

Presidential Perspectives: The 2011 Inside Higher Ed Survey

‘Greatest Generation’ Gen Ed
by Geoffrey Harpham, Inside Higher Ed,
April 4, 2011

Find out about AAC&U staff visits and presentations to member campuses and educational forums

The Future of Medicine and Business Depend on
Liberal Education: Why Don’t Policy Leaders Seem to Get This Message?
I recently read yet two more calls for more liberal education outcomes for today’s college students—this time, the calls focused on what is needed to effectively educate future doctors and business leaders. More...

Post and read member announcements and position openings

This issue of AAC&U News was written and edited by Laura Donnelly-Smith and Wilson Peden with editorial help from Carrie Johnson and Debra Humphreys. If you have questions or comments about the newsletter’s contents, please e-mail Johnson@aacu.org.