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2012
	Fall 2012 Liberal Education for Sustainability This issue explores how a college or university's commitment to sustainability can transform institutional practice and help advance the aims of liberal learning. Also included are articles on civic scientific literacy, education for stewardship of the global commons, the role of division I athletics in a liberal education, the value of considering across-the-curriculum initiatives within the context of general education reform, and an approach to creating shared expectations for student achievement within the disciplines. buy now
	Summer 2012 Shared Futures, Difficult Choices: Reclaiming a Democratic Vision for College Learning, Global Engagement, and Success This issue presents highlights of the 2012 AAC&U annual meeting. Also included are articles on assessment reform as a means of facilitating innovation in science education, the current state and future prospects of the liberal arts college, and the importance of foreign language study. buy now
	Spring 2012 Diversity and Civic Learning: New Directions, New Research This issue examines underemphasized dimensions of diversity, new research about the links between student outcomes and campus practices that promote diversity and civic-mindedness, and the historical development of the notion of "civic virtue." Also included are articles on quantitative literacy, on the place of the arts in a liberal education, on how the goals of the LEAP initiative look from the perspective of a for-profit university, and on evidence-based problem solving. buy now
	Winter 2012 The Completion Agenda This issue presents several perspectives on the ongoing national efforts to increase college completion rates, focusing in particular on the potential negative unintended consequences for educational quality. Other topics include successful models of change for STEM reform, program-level assessment, the development of liberal education outcomes at America’s service academies, outcomes of global learning, school-college collaboration, and the uses of mobile technology. buy now

2011
	Summer/Fall 2011 Global Positioning: Essential Learning, Student Success, and the Currency of US Degrees This issue presents highlights of the 2011 AAC&U annual meeting, “Global Positioning: Essential Learning, Student Success, and the Currency of US Degrees.” Also included are articles on broadening involvement in undergraduate writing instruction, fostering faculty agency, and using mathematics inquiry for non-STEM majors. buy now
	Spring 2011 Special Issue: Civic Engagement and Psychosocial Well-Being Drawing from a national symposium convened by the Bringing Theory to Practice project, this special issue examines the interrelatedness of civic engagement, psychosocial well-being, and engaged learning. buy now
	Winter 2011 Fresh Perspectives on Faculty Trends: Contingency, Diversity, and the Impact of the Recession A fresh look at several broad trends affecting the status and future of the professoriate, including higher education’s increasing reliance on contingent academic labor, the relationship between the commitment to faculty diversity and the emergence of a two-tier professoriate, and institutional responses to the recent recession. Other topics include declines in college student study time, general education reform, the humanities, and a liberal arts professor’s rapprochement with outcomes assessment. buy now

2010
	Fall 2010 Integrative Learning at Home and Abroad An in-depth look at integrative learning, including its relation to interdisciplinary studies, its implications for faculty development, and its role in the sweeping changes to higher education in Hong Kong. Additional topics include Project Kaleidoscope’s role in fostering innovation in STEM pedagogy and faculty development, often-overlooked classroom variables that affect the quality of teaching and learning, the relationship between computer science and liberal education outcomes, students’ understanding of liberal education, and three-year degree proposals. buy now
	Summer 2010 Annual Meeting This issue presents highlights of the 2010 annual meeting. Also included are articles on the hidden costs of low four-year graduation rates, interfaith dialogue, the pedagogy of the debate over evolution and intelligent design, teaching for ethical reasoning, and California’s Master Plan. buy now
	Spring 2010 Liberal Education and Military Leadership Articles by educational leaders at West Point, the Air Force Academy, and the Naval Academy explore how and why these institutions continue to prioritize liberal education even as they reshape their curricula to meet changing demands of military service in the twenty-first century.The issue also presents new research on living-learning programs, strategies for strengthening higher education in tough economic times, and a case for making visual literacy a central component of a contemporary liberal education. buy now
	Winter 2010 The Humanities This issue features the changing role of the humanities in today's academy. It includes articles about the centrality of the arts within the humanities, new data tracking the humanities in both K-12 and higher education, and contemporary challenges faced by those who teach and care about the humanities. Authors present various approaches to making the case for the continued importance of the humanities both for economic success and democratic vitality. buy now

2009
	Fall 2009 A Symposium on Effective Practice Drawing from a recent public forum cosponsored by AAC&U and Clark University, this issue presents a series of commissioned papers on liberal education and effective practice. Also included are articles on individualized learning across the curriculum and the need to recognize emotion as a part of knowing. buy now
	Summer 2009 The AAC&U Annual Meeting This issue represents the theme of the 2009 annual meeting, “Ready or Not: Global Challenges, College Learning, and America’s Promise.” Included are highlights of the meeting, along with the keynote address from the 2008 annual meeting. Additional articles examine the faculty’s role in students’ moral formation, efforts to increase access for low-income students, and the senior capstone as a transformative experience. buy now
	Spring 2009 Liberal Education and the Disciplines Drawing from a recent initiative of the Teagle Foundation, this issue presents a series of reports on the relationship between the goals and objectives of liberal education and those of the undergraduate major in each of six disciplines: biochemistry and molecular biology, classics, economics, English and foreign languages, history, and religious studies. buy now
	Winter 2009 Liberal Education and Effective Practice This issue examines how the vision for college learning outlined in the 2007 report from AAC&U’s Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) initiative is being enacted by particularly effective forms of educational practice and explores some of the ongoing challenges to implementation. buy now

2008
	Fall 2008 Globalization and U.S. Higher Education This issue explores the potential impact of the Bologna Process on higher education in the United States, the phenomenon of global branding, and the functions and motives of U.S. institutions of higher education that are establishing overseas operations in Asia, the Middle East, and elsewhere. Also included are articles on accountability and on advising a diverse student body. buy now
	Summer 2008 Annual Meeting 2008 This issue represents the theme of AAC&U’s 2008 annual meeting, “Intentional Learning, Unscripted Challenges: Knowledge and Imagination for an Interdependent World.” Included are selected papers presented at the meeting. Additional articles examine general education and assessment, the Advanced Placement program, and religion in higher education. buy now
	Spring 2008 Science Education, Liberal Education This issue explores undergraduate science education, including a look at curricular and pedagogical issues related to teaching non-majors and developments in the undergraduate STEM learning environment. Also included are articles on accountability and comparability, institutional change, and environmental history. buy now
	Winter 2008 The Future of Interdisciplinary Studies This issue considers the role of interdisciplinary studies within the academy, in general, and within the undergraduate curriculum, in particular. Also included are articles on the transformative power of art, a liberal education "scorecard," "inside-out" leadership, international education and Middle East development, general education metaphors, an innovative community-based research course, and Rachel Carson as an exemplar of the liberally educated citizen. buy now

2007
	Fall 2007 Faculty Leadership and Institutional Change This issue offers recommendations for strengthening faculty governance, examines campus practices and policies that can reverse or slow current trends impeding faculty leadership, and explores the complex interplay among organizational structures within higher education. Also included are articles on public health, the impact of teacher-scholars, a program focused on poverty, and an argument against the syllabus. buy now
	Summer 2007 2007 Annual Meeting This issue represents the theme of AAC&U's 2007 annual meeting, "The Real Test: Liberal Education and Democracy's Big Questions." Included are selected papers presented at the meeting. Additional articles examine the practicality of a liberal education, faculty accountability for cultural inclusiveness, and student civic engagement. buy now
	Spring 2007 Liberal Education and the "Big Questions" This issue examines how the “big questions” of meaning and purpose are explored within the context of a contemporary liberal education. Also included are articles on civic engagement, integrative learning, and the distinctiveness of American higher education. buy now
	Winter 2007 Bringing Theory to Practice This issue provides an overview of the Bringing Theory to Practice project, an effort to advance engaged student learning and determine how it might improve the quality of students’ education, development, health, and commitment to civic engagement. Also included are articles on diversity, a reflection on teaching in a first-year program, and the executive summary of the new LEAP report. buy now

2006
	Fall 2006 Faculty Work This issue foregrounds the need for a comprehensive and transformative approach to the reorganization of faculty work. Articles examine threats to professional autonomy, the future of faculty governance, and support for faculty in the middle phase of their careers. Also included are the winning student essays from the University of Wisconsin System’s Liberal Arts Scholarship Competition and articles exploring the roles of “social justice” and “other ways of knowing” in liberal education. buy now
	Summer 2006 2006 Annual Meeting This issue represents the theme of AAC&U's 2006 annual meeting, “Demanding Excellence: Liberal Education in an Era of Global Competition, Anti-Intellectualism, and Disinvestment.” Included are selected papers presented at the meeting. Additional articles explore collaborative scholarship and tenure, faculty engagement in the liberal arts, and the “success” of learning communities. buy now
	Spring 2006 Academic Freedom Among the articles on the featured topic is an official statement from AAC&U’s board of directors, as well as three responses to it. Also included is a discussion of the relationship between academic advising and liberal learning, a report from two engaged learning experiments, and a look at an institutional change initiative designed to foster "equity-mindedness." buy now
	Winter 2006 Leadership in the New Academy The theme of the new issue of Liberal Education, "leadership in the new academy," explores issues related to educational leadership and shared governance and examines the role of both faculty and presidential leadership in guiding curricular change. Also included are a report on students' perceptions of the disciplines and a look at the role of spirituality in liberal learning. buy now

2005
	Summer/Fall 2005 Educating for Personal and Social Responsibility The theme of the summer/fall issue, "educating for personal and social responsibility," explores the contribution of undergraduate education to student's moral and ethical development. Also included are a report on student attitudes toward liberal education and articles on the "chilly climate" for women in the sciences and engineering and on the integration of interdisciplinary study and participation in research into the core mission of undergraduate education. buy now
	Spring 2005 Liberal Education and the New Academy This issue represents the theme of AAC&U's 2005 annual meeting, "Liberal Education and the New Academy." Included are selected papers presented at the meeting. Additional essays explore the challenge of religion in the liberal education of world citizens, the civic promise of service learning, and the defense of liberal education. buy now
	Winter 2005 The Future of Diversity With an eye to the future, this issue explores the present state of diversity on campus. It also features explorations of the relationship between liberal education and the entrepreneurial mindset and between teaching students and waiting tables; discussion of the economics of higher education; and reflections on the role of liberal learning within the context of the political and social tumult of the late 1960s buy now

2004
	Fall 2004 Beyond Computer Literacy This issue explores how computer technology broadens the range of experiences and resources available to students and enhances the role of faculty. It also features the results of the first Faculty Survey of Student Engagement, an essay on the GI Bill from the 1945 Bulletin of the Association, and reflections on the cultural climate of plagiarism. buy now
	Summer 2004 Cultural Studies and General Education The summer issue of Liberal Education explores the field of cultural studies and its impact on the undergraduate general education curriculum. Additional essays address whether we need an Academic Bill of Rights, ways to infuse elements of civic engagement into the curriculum, and the Quality in Higher Education (QUE) project for reforming undergraduate education buy now
	Spring 2004 2004 Annual Meeting - Practicing Liberal Education This issue represents the theme of AAC&U's 2004 Annual Meeting -- practicing liberal education. It features topics such as liberal education and the professions, civic engagement, producing minority leaders, and the role of spirituality in liberal education. Additional essays explore faculty development, networked collaboration as a means of curricular change, and "Ten Lessons for Liberal Education Regarding the Higher Education Act Reauthorization." buy now
	Winter 2004 Looking Forward, Looking Back - 90 Years in Print The winter issue of Liberal Education celebrates ninety years of AAC&U history and publication, a history that has always had a central focus on the liberal education to which every student should have access for their full human development. The Featured Topic section takes stock of the current enterprises in undergraduate education and looks forward across the educational horizon. buy now

2003
	Fall 2003 Realigning Faculty Roles Seen in the larger context of globalization, economic trends, and the changing academy, the nature of the faculty profession is radically changing from its traditional understanding of teaching, research, and service. This issue looks at what is happening on a micro level of campus life and the overall direction the profession is heading. buy now
	Summer 2003 Cognition and Student Learning Features articles on how college students learn how to advance their intellectual and ethical development. The issue also includes perspectives on the "geoethics of citizenship," program assessment at the U.S. Air Force Academy, and remarks on the value of liberal education by Alan Greenspan. buy now
	Spring 2003 The Courage To Question: Liberal Education for the 21st Century A sampling of talks from the 2003 Annual Meeting illuminating what's happening in higher education, from preparation of future faculty, through innovative teaching and learning strategies, to institutional reform. buy now
	Winter 2003 Taking Hold: Liberal Education Around the Globe Sold Out

2002
	Fall 2002 Civic Engagement Sold Out
	Summer 2002 Changing Course: Preparing Faculty for the Future Sold Out
	Spring 2002 Annual Meeting: Changing Students in a Changing World Sold Out
	Winter 2002 Vital Signs: Voices from the Field Sold Out

2001
	Fall 2001 Religion on Campus Sold Out
	Summer 2001 Expanding the Horizon of Liberal Education Sold Out
	Spring 2001 Degrees of Value: Technology, Markets, and the Aims of Education Sold Out

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