Georgia Highlands College is developing new programs to help improve student persistence to degree or transfer—and to help students feel part of the college community.

Meetings and Institutes

• AAC&U’s Annual Meeting: Preparing Students for Twenty-First-Century Success
• AAC&U’s Annual Meeting: Saturday E-Portfolio Forum Program Now Online
• Apply to Send a Team to AAC&U’s Summer Institutes on General Education, High-Impact Practices, or Engaging Departments
• Register Now for Spring Conferences on General Education and STEM Learning

LEAP News

• North Dakota Joins LEAP States Initiative

PKAL News and Meetings

• PKAL Sessions at Annual Meeting to Focus on Integrating Sciences and Humanities

Project Highlights

• New Coordinating Committee to Lead Broad-Based Effort Advancing Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement
• AAC&U Announces Members of New Global Learning Leadership Council
• Give Students a Compass Project Hosts Meetings in Oregon and Wisconsin
• Preparing Critical Faculty for the Future Project to Support Emerging Female STEM Faculty

Other AAC&U News

• Podcasts Now Available from Undergraduate Research; Diversity and Learning Conferences
• Humanities Advocacy Day Scheduled for March 7–8
• Earn One Free Month by Joining the Associates Program in December
  

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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.