Keene State College’s Community Research Center gives students a first taste of authentic research—with local nonprofit agencies as clients.

Meetings and Institutes:

• AAC&U Annual Meeting to Include Special Sessions on Economic Issues
• AAC&U Introduces New Summer 2009 Institute on Engaging Departments
• Register Now for February Meeting on General Education and Assessment
• Submit Proposals for October 2009 Meeting on Personal and Social Responsibility
• Inside Higher Ed and AAC&U Present Audio Conference on Assessment

Project Highlights and Staff News:

• AAC&U and PKAL Announce New Partnership to Improve Science Education
• Grant from Lumina Foundation Supports Expansion of Making Excellence Inclusive
• Interview with AAC&U President Published in Change Magazine
• VALUE Initiative Seeks Campuses to Test Draft Rubrics
• AAC&U Senior Director Susan Albertine Recognized at CCAS Meeting

LEAP News:

• University of Wisconsin System LEAP Conference Discusses Liberal Education in the Twenty-first Century

New Online and Printed Resources

• Resources now available from October 2008 Diversity, Learning, and Inclusive Excellence Conference
• ACAD Resource Handbook for Academic Deans Second Edition Available
  

International Students in the United States and American Students Abroad

Reject ‘Joe Six-Pack’ in Favor of Truly Well-Educated Leaders

William A. Sederburg, Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City)

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AAC&U News is written and edited by Laura Donnelly-Smith. If you have questions or comments about the newsletter's contents, please e-mail donnelly-smith@aacu.org.